I've been trying to figure out what the implications are for using the "usefree" mount parameter.
Using the drive with some (which? Vista?) versions of Windows doesn't update the filesystem's free_clusters, and Linux's vfat driver doesn't know where the data is now written (if it is at all). So, if I use the drive with only Linux, and older versions of Windows (which? XP? 2000?), everything will work peachy, but if I use the drive with some version of Windows, the free counts will be incorrect in Linux. Is this a severe problem? What are the implications if this happens? Can data loss occur, or is there just a chance that incorrect free space will be displayed? -- nautilus hangs on accessing vfat drives - statfs() blocks for a long time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133567 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
