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What FS for ext HD?

  • 30-12-2010 10:35AM
    #1
    slowlydownwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭


    It's 2tb ext hd, to be plugged into linux htpc. It would very rarely be accessed by a win box.

    I'd usually go with NTFS: support for large files + readable by most devices and os-es.

    However I'm thinking of ext3 or ext4, with the little inconvenience of having Linux drivers at hand whenever it needs to be accessed by a win box.

    What do you suggest?


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  • #2
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I'd go with EXT3/4 and save a small "swap" partition in FAT32 for pushing files into when you need to read them with a Windows machine.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    I'd go with EXT3/4 and save a small "swap" partition in FAT32 for pushing files into when you need to read them with a Windows machine.
    make sure the inode size is 128 bytes or you won't easily find a windows driver that can read/write to the ext partition :mad:

    use an OLD ubuntu live CD to do the formatting, newer ones will use an incompatible size


    unless someone knows a better driver than www.fs-driver.org/


  • #4
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    ext3 ftw. XFS is also an option. Try not to use XFS on a root partition though...


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