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Re: question about external drives
2006-03-01 17:59:43
For me the major consideration is whether I will go back and forth
between a Linux laptop and a Windows based laptop with the same disk drive.
If it is a drive that I intend to use only with Linux, I would
absolutely go with ext3 (mostly for journalling capability). In most
cases I would at least leave aside a small FAT32 partition so I can
share files with a Windows based system.
Jon LaBadie wrote:
Some of you are undoubtedly using external hard drives
that are USB or FireWire connected. Perhaps as your
holding disk or for virtual tapes.
These drives seem to come formatted with FAT-32 file
systems. I wonder how people handle them.
Do you leave your external drives as FAT-32 or do you
reformat to something like ext2 or ext3?
What considerations went into your decision?
features of one type FS vs another type?
compatibility?
security?
sloth?
Thanks for the input. My drives arrive tomorrow. :)
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