[TriLUG] Which file system to use

crimsun at fungus.sh.nu crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
Sat Aug 9 17:58:15 EDT 2003


On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 05:40:33PM -0400, Justin Johnson wrote:
> free space left on my mirrored volume, and I am wanting to format it such
> that I can have read/write access from either OS. I know (I think) that NTFS
> is out of the question so I guess I am stuck with either FAT or FAT32. I'm
> hoping FAT32 is available under linux, as the block size is smaller so I get
> more efficient use of disk space (don't I?) Any tips greatly appreciated.

Yes, FAT32 works in all its "glory" via the vfat module (or it may be
compiled in). I don't know how mature the ext[23] sys drivers are for
Windows.

-Dan

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Daniel T. Chen          crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
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