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Windows/Linux Ext HD Filesystem

  • 07-12-2004 7:24am
    #1
    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭


    I have a 160gb usb2 extternal hd. I had it formatted to NTFS, but I wanted linux to be able to write to it without problems so I converted to fat32 with partition magic. No problems there.

    However, fat32 has a limitation in that it cannot handle files over 4gb in size. I may occasionally need to use the hd for dvd images and such. So I was wondering is there an alternative filesystem I could use. Needs to have linux and WinXP read/write capabilities.


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Unless you find third party drivers for either OS, FAT and NTFS are your only Windows options, and you won't have proper NTFS support from Linux (the writing is still dodgy from what I understand). I know there are drivers for Win that add Reiser and ext x support for Windows, but again, no write support in a lot of these. I don't actually know of one that has write support.


  • #3
    netman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭netman


    Erm well, why not backup the files off the DVD's instead of using images?
    That way you'll end up with a bunch of files no bigger than 1 GB each, instead of one large image that's over 4 GB.

    On the other hand, if you want ext2 / ext3 filesystem support under Windows, there are a few drivers you could try:
    http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
    http://www.tuningsoft.com/projects/projects.htm
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/winext2fsd/
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2forxp/

    Good luck :)


  • #4
    netman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭netman


    Also, if you wanna play around with NTFS write support under linux, you can give Captive a try:
    http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/

    It's no longer being developed, but it's supposed to be fully working.


  • #5
    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭RE*AC*TOR


    I thought as much. The fat32 filesystem will suffice, for now, there are workarounds as netman suggested which I am aware of. But obviously I would prefer not to have to bother worrying about these things.


  • #6
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    One would think that the ext{2,3} file system is open source so there only thing needed to get windows support would be a talented (and probably bored) programmer. :)

    You could split the files up in Linux with the split command.


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/productinfo/features/whatsnew.asp
    only supports NFS - but could have sworn they released driver for local drives.

    Ext2Fsd is still alpha

    I reckon Captive NTFS is the way to go since it uses microsoft drivers, since M$ don't make the NTFS format public any third party drivers could cause problems


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