Although this article was posted some time ago, and here it is July 2009, I have a question specifically about step 3:

> Copy the sparsebundle to the network share root. Easy enough.
> Mount your network share and copy it over. I used this Terminal
> command after the MyBackup share was mounted:
> cp -r mymachine_0017f2c8426b.sparsebundle /Volumes/MyBackup/.

Given that sparse bundle disc images are actually parent folders (containing files and subfolders) that reside on the file system, as far as I'm aware, the file system to hold a sparse bundle disc image must be HFS+ so does it matter therefore does not the "network share root" also have to be HFS+ or is it possible for it to be another file system such as NTFS, FAT32 or ext3, etc.?


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The host file system does not have to be HFS+. However, the sparse bundle will appear as a folder with a ._* file next to it, where * is the name of the sparse bundle. This is the mechanism used to store Mac metadata on non-native file systems. It would probably not be a good idea to delete or move the ._* file.

When mounted, the file system contained within the sparse bundle will be HFS+.

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