On August 30, 2016 8:58:17 PM GMT+02:00, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: >Am 30.08.2016 um 20:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >> On 30/08/2016 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> >>>>>> ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the >first >>>>>> place. >>>>> >>>>> My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that >includes >>>>> NTFS), not against your advice ;) >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> OP is looking for an fs to put on a memory stick that will work >>>> everywhere: >>>> >>>> - vfat >>>> - exfat >>> >>> He asked for something that would work "across Gentoo systems". >>> >>> >> >> How does exfat not fulfil that? >> >> > >because exfat does not work across gentoo systems. ext2 does.
Exfat works when the drivers are installed. Same goes for ext2. It is possible to not have support for ext2/3 or 4 and still have a fully functional system. (Btrfs or zfs for the full system for instance) When using UEFI boot, a vfat partition with support is required. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
