From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:30:09 -0600 Message-ID: From: Jeremy Jackins To: 9fans@9fans.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: [9fans] FS for sharing between Linux and Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3ca4ec48-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hello, first off I'm new to this list and OS so I apologize for my ignorance on many things. I have an external HDD that I would like to use as a common backup and synchronization point between a Linux machine and a Plan 9 machine. Until recently I was using btrfs on this disk for the snapshot support, and was only sharing it between Linux machines. I like Fossil/Venti, but if I use this on the HDD I lose the ability to take the disk outside of my home network and plug it into a Linux machine (right?) I could use something like FAT which is supported by everything but then I lose the nice features of a modern file system like Fossil or btrfs. Is there an obvious solution which I am missing? My goal essentially is to keep all my important files in this central location, easily update it with new changes from machine A, then update machine B with these changes. If something goes wrong, I would like to be able to restore my files as they were at some (more or less) arbitrary point in time to machine X. If possible I'd like to be able to unplug it and move it around, maybe to somewhere where there isn't a Plan 9 machine. Thanks, Jeremy