ntfs-3g vs. ext2ifs

[Tyler Aviss]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM, meng<meng-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi
>
> 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 :-)
>
> Meng
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One thing that I hadn't really thought of and now is just crossing my mind...
What not use both? I have a 16GB card for my EEE with a secondary ext2
partition for the Linux stuff, and a smaller VFAT primary for the odd
occasion when I need to easily ferry stuff to a windows box.
No reason you couldn't have a little of both, other than that you'd
have to slice up your space a bit.
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