[PLUG] file system question

[VY]

Thanks

I tried exFat this afternoon and so far it works well.
I also need to use the same drive on a Rasp. Pi which I haven't tested it
yet.  I assume since my Ubuntu works, it should also be ok on a Pi.

-v


On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 2:36 PM King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/5/19 1:57 PM, VY wrote:
> > Dear All
> >
> > I have a USB external drive that I will need to have it work with Linux
> and
> > MacOS frequently.
> > I am trying to decide what format I should use to format it.
> >
> > msdos is the easy option, both OS can support it just fine.
> > However, I may have files with size that could be larger than 4GB.
> > I read about exFat which won't have that 4GB file size limit but I am not
> > sure how well
> > that is being supported.
> >
> > Does anyone have suggestions how to  format this drive so I can use it
> > between Linux and MacOS?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > -v
>
> exFAT is arguably the choice.  If it isn't installed by default in your
> linux distro, it will be in the repo.  MacOS has support since 10.6 (?).
>
> If you just need Linux <-> MacOS, Linux can read/write HPFS+ file system
> natively.
>
> -Ed
>
>
>
>
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