Re: [lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem

2019-09-02 Thread Thunder Beaver
Most of the time I use F2FS (https://f2fs.wiki.kernel.org/) for any flash drive and some SSD partitions. It's built specifically for them. However, not all devices or OSes support it. That could be a plus if you ever lose it because it'll be more likely to either be thrown out or formatted. (Of

[lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem (Ian Bruntlett)

2019-08-02 Thread Fritz Hudnut
machines, between different > user IDs. If you really want to temporarily store xattrs and privileges > you could use a tar archive on the FAT32 formatted USB stick. > > > > -- > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 22:45:58 +0200 > From: R

Re: [lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem

2019-08-02 Thread Nio Wiklund
Den 2019-08-01 kl. 21:47, skrev Ian Bruntlett: Hi, I bought a USB flash drive and was wondering what filesystem I should be using on it. I think it is formatted as exFAT but am not sure. Any ideas? Thanks :) Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My

Re: [lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem

2019-08-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PPS: FAT32: max. file size 4 GiB, max. volume size is 16 TiB When not using FAT32: There are various opinions regarding wear and speed, when using a journaling FS. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem

2019-08-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 22:09:21 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 20:47:33 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote: >>I bought a USB flash drive and was wondering what filesystem I should >>be using on it. >> >>I think it is formatted as exFAT but am not sure. >> >>Any ideas? > >Usually they are

Re: [lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem

2019-08-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 20:47:33 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote: >I bought a USB flash drive and was wondering what filesystem I should >be using on it. > >I think it is formatted as exFAT but am not sure. > >Any ideas? Usually they are FAT32 formatted. I usually stay with FAT32, so they are compatible to

Re: [lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem

2019-08-01 Thread Paul Sutton
On 01/08/2019 20:47, Ian Bruntlett wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a USB flash drive and was wondering what filesystem I should > be using on it. > > I think it is formatted as exFAT but am not sure. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks :) > > > Ian If I understand things correctly if formatted with a FAT type

[lubuntu-users] USB flash drive filesystem

2019-08-01 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi, I bought a USB flash drive and was wondering what filesystem I should be using on it. I think it is formatted as exFAT but am not sure. Any ideas? Thanks :) Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/