mkfs.ext3 or mkfs.msdos

[Karl Larsen]

Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>     I am a sucker for memory sticks and have several. I got the bright 
>> idea to make their file system ext3 since I have only one Windows and do 
>> not use it much. But yesterday I had the need.
>>
>>     I got some URL data on this Ubuntu which I wanted to put on the 
>> Windows in my laptop. I got the data on a memory stick from my Ubuntu 
>> but when I plugged into Windows it upchucked and displayed nothing :-)
>>
>>     So back to the drawing board. I used fdisk to change the partition 
>> to a fat type and then un-mounted it and did a $sudo mkfs.msdos which it 
>> did. Then I put it back into Ubuntu and got the email file on it and 
>> then plugged it into Windows and it was happy. I was able to give 
>> Windows the file and do what was needed.
>>
>>     So as time permits I am going to make all my memory sticks msdos type.
>>     
>
> Karl, you might miss out on the extra attributes assigned to files in 
> ext2 file system. Like owner, rights and more advanced time information.
> If I were you, I would just have one stick with FAT32.
>   
    Yes a good idea I think. I really like the ext3 file system. Well done.

Karl


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