[nflug] Formatting FAT32 partitions

[John Seth]

in regards to a portable hard drive, I'd go with a file system that does 
journaling. In my experience, ReiserFS works wonders, and if that's not 
an option, go with Ext3.  I haven't used UFS yet, so I can't share an 
opinion, other than go with something capable of journaling, just for 
those accidents that happen such as yanking the cord out and 
disconnecting the drive during access ;)

   - Tony


Tony Abou-Assaleh wrote:
> Can Linux/BSD format FAT32 partitions that are about 250GB? It turns out
> that neither Win2000 nor WinXP can do it (by design).
>
> An even funnier thing, I don't seem to be able to create files larger than
> 4GB on this pre-formatted external Drive.
>
> I am thinking about formating it using ext3 or UFS and then making it
> available locally to windows using NFS or Samba. Does anyone have
> experience doing a similar thing? What file system is best for such
> partitions? (250GB USB HDD). Portability is certainly a concern, so even
> if WinBlah doesn't support it, I'd like that at least Linux, FreeBSD, and
> OSX be able to support it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> TAA
>
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