On 07/27/2010 05:07 AM, James Knott wrote: > NoOp wrote: >> On 07/26/2010 08:55 AM, James Knott wrote: >> >>> FAT32 shouldn't be a problem, but write support for NTFS might not be >>> enabled. I don't use Ubuntu, so I can't give specifics, but there >>> should be something that shows mounted drives& partitions which will >>> list the file system type. I find that for USB drives that will be used >>> with both Linux& Windows systems, FAT32 works fine. I also have some >>> Linux only ones that are formated with ext2. >>> >> Ubuntu/linux can r/w to ntfs w/o issue. However if the usb is write >> protected then he will need to modify the usb and/or copy the file to >> his system to open in write mode. >> >> > Are permissions preserved with NTFS? When I use a USB drive with ext2, > I have to create a folder with my ID, so that I can write to it. Does > the same occur with NTFS? This doesn't happen with FAT32, which is why > I use it for drives that will also be used with Windows.
Does for me. I stopped using FAT32 years ago as it has a 4G file limitation & you can't save a movie DVD file to it. Just to test a usb stick again, I put in a 512Mb stick (freebie), formated the volume to ntfs, r/w files just fine. My other hard drive is partitioned as ntfs so that I can easily share w/the other dual-boot systems (Win doesn't like ext4 :-). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
