It'll fail to work if your inode sizes are too large. I can mount / in windows but not /home on my system... :( On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Bob Elzer wrote: > FYI if you like, you can have the full drive use ext3. > > Using ext2ifs will let windows access your ext3/ext2 drive > > http://www.fs-driver.org/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Alan > Dayley > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:16 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Cheap NAS or MSI Wind/Eee Box? > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:46 PM, wrote: > > I have been debating recently whether to pick up a cheapish networked > > external hard drive like a Western Digital My Book (that one initially > > because it can be picked up locally, although initially googling > > suggests it might not be very Linux friendly). Anyone > > We have a 1TB My Book that works just fine on Linux. Purchased it a few > months ago. I partitioned it half ext3, half FAT32 so we can use it easily > for different things. (For example, copying files from ext3 to FAT32 > causes > permission settings to be lost so I want the ext3 on the external drive > too.) > > Hate the name, "My Book" but it is working well for us so far. > > Alan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Thanks and best regards, Ryan Rix TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog (623)-239-1103 <-- Grand Central, baby! Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.