>>> Not necessarily. Problems would show up only if you transferred
>>> data between two different systems via carrying a harddisk.
>> Or a floppy. Or a Zip/Jazz/pick-your-favorite-removeable-media
>> disk.
> Well, other filesystems than ext2 are much better suited for
> removable media (minixfs for example). I hardly know anyone
> using ext2 on removable media *and* exchanging software with
> people using other platforms. :-)
I regularly put files on zipdisks for various people, and get files
back from them the same way, so it does happen. I've no idea what the
hardware is at their end, but a 100M zipdisk is a far better way of
sending some data to somebody for them to comment on, possibly
updating it and returning the updated version to me, than a pile of
1.4M floppies would ever be...
Best wishes from Riley.
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| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
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