[NTLUG:Discuss] Large file systems

[Wayne Walker]

fat32, aka vfat.  Is very readable/writable by linux.  I think MacOSX
does too.  NTFS is NOT well handled by linux.  ext2 is not well handled
by windows (there are drivers for it, but I've heard lots of crashes
attributed to it.


On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 05:47:46PM -0500, . Daniel wrote:
> I have MacOSX machines.  I have Linux (mostly) and I, on occasion, need to 
> use Windows XP.
> 
> I don't mind having to load a driver file onto Windows boxen as I suspect 
> that's what I'll have to do.  But of all the file systems out there, which 
> is the most universally readable by WindowsXP, Linux and MacOSX?
> 
> The purpose of my query is because I'm trying to decide what format I 
> should use on my external backup data drive.
> 
> 
> 
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