File System on external hard drive
Fred Roller
froller at tnclimited.com
Mon Sep 14 19:13:39 UTC 2009
Ray Leventhal wrote:
> 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
>
>
Also, keep in mind FAT32 has a file size limit, 2Gb I think. With NTFS
make sure your install includes the package "ntfs-3g" for read/write.
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Fred
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