![]() The characteristics of the vfat file system that are discussed in this section are of course not limited to the work with rsync. Special thanks to Uwe Menges who helped me throughout my little vfat odyssey. So I hope that this article will save many hours of difficult problem analysis. I recently decided to merge my experiences into an article because I believe that enough Linux users will have the same problems that I had. I pretty much do the same thing: I have an external 60GB USB2.0-hard drive that holds an ext3 partition for everyday backup and a vfat partition, also for backup and to have my data easily available on any Windows machine. ![]() While one of these discs held an ext3 partition and served as my primary data storage, the other one, holding a vfat partition, was used as backup drive and as the connection to the "Windows-world". The following article is based on experience that I collected working with two external 250GB hard drives (Maxtor 5000XT). With the soaring popularity of mobile data carriers, like CompactFlash-cards, USB-sticks and external Firewire (or USB2.0)-hard drives the significance of vfat as the least common denominator even rose. Sadly, vfat is still the easiest way to share data between Linux and the somewhat limited Windows-world. Additionally, there’s a judicial aspect: Microsoft’s attempt to demand license fees due to a patent on a component of vfat leaves a bad after taste in many mouths. There are ample – and technically superior – alternatives for Linux users. ![]() Many Linux users dislike the use of vfat. Replication of ext3 and vfat partitions via rsync I want to show, with the help of some practical examples, these obstacles and possible solutions and workarounds.Ģ. The vfat file system has been supported by Linux for years now. I hope a lot of people will find this little gem as useful as I did… Comments of the translator will be added in italics. ![]() This article proved to be so helpful to me that I decided it would be worthwhile to translate it into English and republish it. Recently I stumbled across a very nice article, written by Torsten Scheck, published on, a German Linux site. ![]()
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