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>>>> Is there a |
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>>>> filesystem that will make that unnecessary and exhibit better |
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>>>> reliability than NTFS? |
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>>> Yes, FAT. It works and works well. |
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>>> Or exFAT which is Microsoft's solution to the problem of very large |
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>>> files on FAT. |
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>> FAT32 won't work for me since I need to use files larger than 4GB. I |
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>> know it's beta software but should exfat be more reliable than ntfs? |
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> It doesn't do all the fancy journalling that ntfs does, so based solely on |
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> complexity, it ought to be more reliable. |
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> None of us have done real tests and mentioned it here, so we really don't |
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> know how it pans out in the real world. |
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> Do a bunch of tests yourself and decide |
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>>> Which NTFS system are you using? |
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>>> ntfs kernel module? It's quite dodgy and unsafe with writes |
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>>> ntfs-ng on fuse? I find that one quite solid |
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>> I'm using ntfs-ng as opposed to the kernel option(s). |
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> I'm offering 10 to 1 odds that your problems came from a faulty USB stick, |
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> or maybe one that you yanked too soon |
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It could be failing hardware but I didn't touch the USB stick when it |
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freaked out. This same thing has happened several times now with two |
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different USB sticks. |
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It sounds like I'm stuck with NTFS if I want to share the USB stick |
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amongst Gentoo systems without managing UUIDs and I want to work with |
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files larger than 4GB. exfat is the other option but it sounds rather |
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unproven. |
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- Grant |
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