As I understand it, the reason that cameras still use FAT32 / exFAT is the simplicity of the implementation, since cameras have limited onboard processing power. But at least with the manufacturers all using FAT32, there is no hodgepodge of volatile proprietary formats to deal with.
To the OP, if you need your SSD to be fully readable and writable on both macOS and Linux, the only filesystem I have found that fits this bill is exFAT, which has most of the same shortcomings as FAT32 but does support large files. If you only need to use it on Linux, you should definitely use ext4. -- August Schwerdfeger aug...@schwerdfeger.name On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 7:37 AM Anton Aylward <li...@antonaylward.com> wrote: > On 06/08/2020 03:36, Peter Schlaufer wrote: > > When I now would change to Linux I would have to reformat the SSD drive > to fat32 > > that it can be read and written in Linux. > > Linux can read and write a large number of file systems that are faster > and more > reliable than FAT32. The only reason I can think of for using FAT32 on > your SSD > is to be comparable with Microsoft Windows or cameras, phones and tablets > that use > it on their removable media. > > I admit that, as a Linux user, I do use the FAT file system, but it is > when I read > the SD cards from my camera to upload them. > > Please note: REMOVABLE MEDIA > Not, repeat not, the primary disk for the OS or the data disk. > > All in all I'm disappointed, there are more reliable and faster file > systems that > camera manufacturers cold use. This is really about backward > comparability, > isn't it? > > -- > One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem > before it > becomes an emergency. > -- Arnold Glascow > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
