As a general rule of thumb 'ext3' is the one you need for all your filesystems. Your Windows machines will be able to see files exported from that filesystem type with no problems - the fact it's on a Linux filesystem type rather than FAT32 is hidden by Samba.
Stuart Ashy72 wrote: > Hi i am a linux newbie. In a few days i will have a mini itx pc and plan > on installing ubuntu or xubuntu. I will be using it to serve slimserver > headless. I have been reading up about installing the ubuntu desktop > package and it says that you should use the FAT32 file system if you > want to share a partition with windows. I know the native linux > filesystem is the ext system. I shall be installing Samba so that a > windows host will be able to see the linux machine from network > neighbourhood. Will it work with ext file system or not? Also i will > install NX client for windows and NX for linux on the ubuntu machine so > that i can control the linux server from the windows machine remotely. > > Your help will be appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
