Quote Originally Posted by utu View Post
@Krishna
BTW, Isn't there a file ownership/mode problem going from Linux
to fat then back to Linux? Doesn't this get lost somewhere?

I have a 350 Gb external USB drive, currently 100% ntfs, that I'm thinking
of partioning to include some fat32 and ext capabilities. However, I'd
be surprised if a poor-man's install will beat my LiveUSB start-up time
by any significant amount. I can get on-line with Knoppix from start of
boot now in 56 seconds. Win7, using the internal hdd takes 60 seconds.
Many file attributes sure get stripped in FAT, that is one of the reasons for setting up loop devices. I have had 3 with Knoppix 6.2.1, the ordinary persistent store plus two more, 4GB each. The underlying file can reside on any supported fs. (Including, it seems, NTFS). The main reason I have for creating Unix fs partitions wherever I can, is not speed, but practicality. But if you run Knoppix from a Unix partition on an external USB HD, I think you might also notice some speed improvements over USB sticks whenever writing is involved. And the 4GB limit on persistent store seems to be solely dictated byt FAT32. I I'm using 8 and 16 GB now as alternatives, 8GB seems to be a good balance.