> Come to think of it, there might be a 3rd option .. If i remember correctly > there are/were linux distro's that install on vfat partitions and still had > users/groups, and used (kernel?) patches to make this work .. Maybe googling > can turn something up, but if that exists it prob won't be the simple path This is accomplished with a filesystem called umsdos. It was a regular part of old Slackware distros, back in the day. I haven't ouched it in a long time, but it basicly accomplishes on FAT, what OS X does on HFS+. Unsure of VFAT/FAT-32 compatibility - But there _is_ a HOWTO, for those interested. --Jeremiah
