File System on external hard drive

Ray Leventhal ubuntu at swhi.net
Mon Sep 14 19:15:37 UTC 2009


Fred Roller wrote:
> 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.
> 

Good points, Fred...agreed.

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