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>>>>>>> ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the |
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>>> first |
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>>>>>>>> place. |
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>>>>>>> My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that |
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>>> includes |
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>>>>>>> NTFS), not against your advice ;) |
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>>>>>> OP is looking for an fs to put on a memory stick that will work |
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>>>>>> everywhere: |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> - vfat |
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>>>>>> - exfat |
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>>>>> He asked for something that would work "across Gentoo systems". |
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>>>> How does exfat not fulfil that? |
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>>> because exfat does not work across gentoo systems. ext2 does. |
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>> Exfat works when the drivers are installed. |
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>> Same goes for ext2. |
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>> It is possible to not have support for ext2/3 or 4 and still have a fully functional system. (Btrfs or zfs for the full system for instance) |
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>> When using UEFI boot, a vfat partition with support is required. |
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>> -- |
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>> Joost |
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> ext2 is on every system, exfat not. ext2 is very stable, tested and well |
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> aged. exfat is some fuse something crap. New, hardly tested and unstable |
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> as it gets. |
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> And why use exfat if you use linux? It is just not needed at all. |
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If I use ext2 on the USB stick, can I mount and use it as any user on |
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any Gentoo system from within a file manager like thunar? |
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Should I consider ext3/4 with journaling disabled? |
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- Grant |
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