ntfs-3g vs. ext2ifs

[meng]

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From: lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org (Lennart Sorensen)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:40:41 -0400
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: ntfs-3g vs. ext2ifs

> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 05:12:15PM -0400, Giles Orr wrote:
> > 2009/7/27 Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>:
> > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 09:30:05AM -0400, meng wrote:
> > >> I'm getting an external drive enclosure for an old IDE hard drive.
> > >>
> > >> I going to load data(and movies) on it and want it accessible from Windows XP and Linux.
> > >> As to the file system, should I use ext2/3 on the drive and use ext2ifs to access it from Windows?
> > >> Or use the ntfs file system and use ntfs-3g to access the drive from Linux?
> > >>
> > >> I use Linux so the answer should be self-evident but will appreciate any considerations that I may have overlooked.
> > >> Any help will be appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks and cheers :-)
> > >
> > > The obvious answer would be: Use FAT32.
> > >
> > > Sure you are limited to 4GB files, but that isn't usually a problem.
> > 
> > It isn't?  Tell that to a DVD image file.  I don't keep more than one
> > or two lying around at any given time, but one was enough to convince
> > me I didn't need to use FAT32 anymore.
> 
> Well certainly video DVDs contain multiple 1GB files, not 4GB+ files.
> Raw iso dumps of a DVD would be bigger.  I suppose you could learn to
> use split and cat.

Yeah, I have some iso files bigger than 4GB.

> I would't let windows write to ext2/3, and I don't trust ntfs writing
> from linux, so for exchanging data I will stick to fat32.

Hmm, you wouldn't and don't?
I didn't think of that. Thanks for the input.
Actually, since I use Linux mainly, I go with ext2/3.
If I have to access(read) it from Windows, I'll use ext2ifs.
If I have to write, I'll use Linux.
After all, I used ext2ifs only once[after installation, to confirm that it worked] :-)
The data is mainly static so the access is mainly read.

  For the few
> files over 4GB I can split them.  They don't happen often enough to be
> a problem.
> 
> Anyhow, some people claim ntfs-3g works well.
> 
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> Len Sorensen
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