>>>> Is there a >>>> filesystem that will make that unnecessary and exhibit better >>>> reliability than NTFS? >>> >>> >>> Yes, FAT. It works and works well. >>> Or exFAT which is Microsoft's solution to the problem of very large >>> files on FAT. >> >> >> FAT32 won't work for me since I need to use files larger than 4GB. I >> know it's beta software but should exfat be more reliable than ntfs? > > > It doesn't do all the fancy journalling that ntfs does, so based solely on > complexity, it ought to be more reliable. > > None of us have done real tests and mentioned it here, so we really don't > know how it pans out in the real world. > > Do a bunch of tests yourself and decide >> >> >>> Which NTFS system are you using? >>> >>> ntfs kernel module? It's quite dodgy and unsafe with writes >>> ntfs-ng on fuse? I find that one quite solid >> >> >> I'm using ntfs-ng as opposed to the kernel option(s). > > > I'm offering 10 to 1 odds that your problems came from a faulty USB stick, > or maybe one that you yanked too soon
It could be failing hardware but I didn't touch the USB stick when it freaked out. This same thing has happened several times now with two different USB sticks. It sounds like I'm stuck with NTFS if I want to share the USB stick amongst Gentoo systems without managing UUIDs and I want to work with files larger than 4GB. exfat is the other option but it sounds rather unproven. - Grant
