teh_coder Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 I'm working with about 3 USB hard drives everyday, I use Windows And Linux (I don;t have admin rights all the time), So I want to know what File System I should use. I can't use FAT32, I have files that are around 10GB+, I've started to use NTFS it seems to be the only thing that windows can read with out special software and all the Linux systems I use I own so I can add the ntfs-3g software. But what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 im with NTFS, if ur using a few machiens its just so much more simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Its easier to make Linux read NTFS than it is to make Windows use ext3, reiser, ufs or zfs. Especially if you don't have admin rights or root privs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveMan Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 NTFS ftw but only because windows is hard to be compatible with others :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Why should Microsoft support every file system out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 You could try to install the ext2 tools on Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Why should Microsoft support every file system out there? So there isn't another reason for a anti-competitive monopoly lawsuit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 So there isn't another reason for a anti-competitive monopoly lawsuit? They don't actively have to build in functionality - that would be the stupidest thing ever. If they purposefully tried to take measures to prevent other OSes from implementing NTFS then that might be anti-competitive. It would be nice if they could support other file systems, but it doesn't really bring much benefit to them, so I don't see it happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 You could try to install the ext2 tools on Windows. as a last resort if you do anything later with the ext partition the drive letter will be stuck FOR EVER... stupid windows not supporting everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh_coder Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 This is mostly a stupid idea, but an idea. Why don't we (The Hak.5 Community) Make a filesystem for USB disks, base it around like ext3 or reiserfs and call it "HAKFS". We could most likely do it, we already have the idea, and a lot programmers. Let me know if this idea is just to stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Why reinvent the wheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 This is mostly a stupid idea, but an idea. Why don't we (The Hak.5 Community) Make a filesystem for USB disks, base it around like ext3 or reiserfs and call it "HAKFS". We could most likely do it, we already have the idea, and a lot programmers. Let me know if this idea is just to stupid. Yes, that is to stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Yes. Very stupid. I was more thinking along the lines of using some on-line archiving solution. Something like a TrueCrypt archive that could span multiple disks. I have no idea if they support this or if it would be in any way, shape or form usable, but I think this is where your only alternative should be sought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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