File System on external hard drive

[Ray Leventhal]

MirJafar Ali wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Can I ask some important but likely to be controversial question ? I 
> have one external hard drive which I will be
> using for Ubuntu ( mostly ) but sometimes for windows.
> 
> Which filesystem is the most desirable and recommended. There seems to 
> be luxury of plenty. EXT3, EXT4, ZFS etc ?
> 
> Can someone give academically honest answer ?
> 

Hi,

If you're wanting to mix and match operating systems (Windows and Linux) 
accesses to the external file system, you're going to be stuck with 
FAT32 or NTFS (both of which can be read easily by Ubuntu and Windows).

Sadly, Windows won't recognize EXT2/3/4, ZFS, ReiserFS or others.

If you're dual booting, keep what is needed by both platforms on the 
Windows side of the house.  That partition can be mounted by Ubuntu 
as-needed.

As with everything GNU/Linux, there are any number of ways to accomplish 
any task.  A bit more of what you're trying to accomplish will get 
better, more specific answers.

Best regards,
-Ray

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