Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups
On Thursday, August 13, 2020 04:09:46 PM David Christensen wrote:
> On 2020-08-13 12:52, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Thursday, August 13, 2020 01:45:59 PM Tom Dial wrote:
> >> I would recommend installing from buster-backports to get the current
> >> openzfs release which includes improvements (notably native encryption)
> >> as well as fixes.
> >
> > Two questions:
> > * Most of my backup will be done from a Wheezy system -- can I
> > install ZFS
> >
> > on Wheezy?
>
> I do not see any ZFS packages for Wheezy:
>
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=zfs&searchon=names&suite=all&se
> ction=all
>
>
> The simplest answer would be to install Buster and then install
> 'zfs-dkms' (either Stable or backport, depending upon preference).
Just for closure, that system has to stay Wheezy for the forseeable future,
and then maybe TDE (I need to keep using kmail and kate from Wheezy).
>
> > * If I plug the USB drive into another machine without ZFS installed
> > --
> >
> > hmm, well I guess I'd have to install ZFS to use the drive?
>
> Yes.
>
>
> David
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