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    Shared Partition Which Filesystem?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by mfmbcpman, Jan 10, 2007.

  1. mfmbcpman

    mfmbcpman Notebook Consultant

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    I want to have a partition to put my music and video on and access from both Ubuntu and XP. Which filesystem should I make it?
     
    mfmbcpman, Jan 10, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    FAT32 is probably your best bet. Ubuntu (I think) reads/writes NTFS okay, but I'm relatively certain that Linux's NTFS code is relatively new. Best to stick with what works.
     
    Greg, Jan 11, 2007
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    rockharder Notebook Evangelist

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    If you want to write NTFS from Linux, NTFS-3G helps you doing so.
    If you want to write Ext2/3 from XP, Ext2IFS treats your Linux as another partition.

    Just don't bother yourself to give a share partition ever.
     
    rockharder, Jan 11, 2007
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  4. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    FAT32. NTFS is NOT automatically enabled on Ubuntu, at least not yet. You have to do a bit of work to get it running.
     
    Gautam, Jan 11, 2007
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    NTFS is still experimental. I wouldn't trust it. Maybe for reading but not for writing. I setup a 1GB partition to move data between XP and Linux. I will be getting a 320GB drive soon so I can setup a shared one there.
     
    shinji257, Feb 27, 2007
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    Right... I wouldn't trust Linux to write to NTFS. I set up a FAT32 share partition...
     
    AuroraS, Feb 27, 2007
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    If you're not willing to trust NTFS-3G, another option is Captive NTFS, which uses Microsoft's own ntfs.sys driver.
     
    TedJ, Feb 27, 2007
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    I second rockharder's notion, as that's what I do at home.
     
    noahsark, Feb 28, 2007
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    I mentioned it in another thread, but I should mention that NTFS-3G has reached 1.0, which basically means that it is totally stable.

    http://www.ntfs-3g.org

    Just to quote from their website:

    "Continuous quality testing and assurance is dominant part of the driver development. Additionally, each public release is preceded by an extensive, many hour long lasting functional, stability, interoperability, reliability and stress tests. No driver is ever released to the public with known defects which could cause data loss. The functionality limitations are also all documented before each release."
     
    BigV, Feb 28, 2007
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