>>>>>>> ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the >>> first >>>>>>>> place. >>>>>>> My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that >>> includes >>>>>>> NTFS), not against your advice ;) >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> OP is looking for an fs to put on a memory stick that will work >>>>>> everywhere: >>>>>> >>>>>> - vfat >>>>>> - exfat >>>>> He asked for something that would work "across Gentoo systems". >>>>> >>>>> >>>> How does exfat not fulfil that? >>>> >>>> >>> because exfat does not work across gentoo systems. ext2 does. >> Exfat works when the drivers are installed. >> Same goes for ext2. >> >> It is possible to not have support for ext2/3 or 4 and still have a fully >> functional system. (Btrfs or zfs for the full system for instance) >> >> When using UEFI boot, a vfat partition with support is required. >> >> -- >> Joost > > ext2 is on every system, exfat not. ext2 is very stable, tested and well > aged. exfat is some fuse something crap. New, hardly tested and unstable > as it gets. > > And why use exfat if you use linux? It is just not needed at all.
If I use ext2 on the USB stick, can I mount and use it as any user on any Gentoo system from within a file manager like thunar? Should I consider ext3/4 with journaling disabled? - Grant
