Hi,
you may try fat32 for using on both systems. I made three partitions:
ntfs use with windows
ext3 use with lenny
fat32 for data storage use for lenny and windows
best regards and a nice day
klaus
Am Donnerstag, den 28.01.2010, 17:35 +0000 schrieb Bhasker C V:
> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Bhasker C V wrote:
>
> > Camaleón wrote:
> >> On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:28:26 +0000, Bhasker C V wrote:
> >>
> >> (...)
> >>
> >>
> >>> 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
> Registered linux user #306349
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