On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:28:26PM +0000, Bhasker C V wrote: > Hi, > > This may not be debian-specific question, but with the group expertise, > I think this would be a good reference for anybody. > > I think this question has been debated a lot but still there is no clear > information on what to do. > > The question is, if you want to share data between linux and windows > what is the best file system to use[plus adding security complexity]. > > Using Ext3 on windows is good but has its limitations. This does not work > unless the ext3 file system is on a partition. The limitation comes when > using applications like freeOTFE which can read LUKS volumes. The volume > is mounted as a drive but not detected as a disk by any of the written > ext3 drivers in windows. > > Using NTFS on linux and windows is cool. I have consistently seen that > when there are large number of files, undoubtably, ntfs volume goes > corrupt and chkdsk simply removes files and creates data loss. I do not > have any clue on when the FS goes corrupt (either when writing using > linux or when using in windows - Used ntfs (kernel), ntfs-3g ... all in > vain). > > Anyone can recommend VFAT. FAT32 being supported by XP and well > supported by linux makes it a good candidate. The problem with FAT32, I > guess (correct me if I am wrong), there is no support for case-sensitive > file names in the FAT32 file system. > > So, the question... what FS to use which is good and reliable in both > windows and also linux ? > > Is there any file system in linux which can work in windows also > (meaning it can be read and optionally written-to in windows even if the > FS is not in a partition) ? > I don't know of any others. But if you have a network you can certainly have a network drive that is writable by both Linux and Windows. (using Samba).
But I expect you're probably in a dual-boot situation where you're trying to share files on a single computer between the 2 OS's. For that I've always used FAT32, and it seems to work well. I don't like using it, especially after MS sued Tom Tom over their use of FAT32. Not that I'm worried about getting sued, but I'd like to shun MS technology in protest. -Rob -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
