On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Bhasker C V wrote:
Camaleón wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:28:26 +0000, Bhasker C V wrote:
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So, the question... what FS to use which is good and reliable in both
windows and also linux ?
Is there any file system in linux which can work in windows also
(meaning it can be read and optionally written-to in windows even if the
FS is not in a partition) ?
I wonder if nowadays UDF could be used to deal with this problematic :-?
Tried it. UDF from udftools(1.0.0b2 ) on etch creates an UDF which is not
working with windows.
I am then left only with an option to use the backup only with linux. For
data in windows, ntfs partitions
can be mounted in linux and then copied over to the backup disk. The external
disk can _only_ be used in
linux and not in windows.
Finally found issue was with the SATA to USB converter which has issues
when used for a long time period and heats up. Once I moved to another USB
casing things starting falling in place. So, it is a hardware issue
TO SUMMARISE
the best way to do it (if i can call it that) would be to use ntfs. Ntfs
supports most of the 'features' you would like to have after using ext2/ext3.
NTFS (both kernel one and the ntfs-3g) works fine and can be used without
any data loss issues if properly and carefully used.
Greetings,
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Bhasker C V
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Bhasker C V
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