>On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Klaus Wolf <kl...@linuxwolf.de> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >you may try fat32 for using on both systems. I made three partitions:
> >
> > ntfs use with windows
> > ext3 use with lenny
> > fat32 for data storage use for lenny and windows
>
I second this as long as you don't have files in excess of 4 GB. If you are
dual-booting with Windows then a nice big fat32 partition sandwiched between
the two OS's has worked well for me. Example with a 160 gb hdd:
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| | | |
|
| 20 gb | 120 gb fat32 | 19 gb | 1 gb |
| ntfs | | ext3
|swap|
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>On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Tixy <debianu...@tixy.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>>On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 20:36 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
>> I have reliable used ntfs-3g (fuse based ntfs) to write to ntfs
>> partitions with a zero defect rate
>
>I have to, but I have noticed that files get horribly fragmented and
>this doesn't get fixed by the Windows defrag program, or by deleting
>then recreating files under Windows. It seems ntfs-3g does something
>permanent to the file system structure.
Even when using tools like jkdefrag to keep a hdd nicely organized and
defrag'd from within Windows, ntfs has a nasty habit of fragmenting files
from what I've experienced. So I don't know if it's an ntfs thing or
ntfs-3g package thing. But it's definitely a thing. :)
Mark
