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exFAT for mechanical spinning external HD as cross-platform backup?
We have a mix of Linux (Debian) and MacOS laptops. I have a 4 TB external USB mechanical rotary drive I'd like to use for backups. I'd not want to partition the drive with different file systems for ...
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Errors with tar/split backups
I am trying to create backups on an external exFAT disk, but I keep getting errors. I have to use FAT (exFAT or FAT32), so my options are very limited. I will need this to backup both macOS and ...
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Have to backup directories with symlinks to exfat - what to do?
The exFAT filesystem does not support symlinks.
I'm now faced with the need to backup some directories, which do have symlinks, into an exFAT-formatted drive. For reasons, I cannot change the ...
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My backup HDD comes formatted with exFAT; should I reformat it?
I've gotten an HDD for backup purposes. I intend to backup various kinds of files from my desktop computer - nothing special to make assumptions about. Now, the HDD has been preformatted with an exFAT ...
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