Christoph Groth <c...@falma.de> writes: > "Lars Maes" <lars.m...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Why not use an UDF filesystem, that is used on DVD discs? > > Indeed, this seems to work well. It is a better option than VFAT and > NTFS. I didn't know that the filesystem of DVDs is also usable for > rewriteable media, but I have learned that UDF has been designed with > that in mind, too. Thanks!
It only works well on a small USB flash drive. Formatting a 2 TB external HD with UDF also works, but it's not possible to fill it beyond 2% because of the following bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/583949 I can observe this bug with kernel 3.0. So I tried NTFS, but it sucks, because there seems to be no way (other than sudo) for normal users to mount NTFS filesystems (with ntfs-3g). Setting the configuration option of the ntfs-3g package to "yes" doesn't help. So I'm back to ext2/3/4 again, and as long as I'm using my drive just for myself everything is fine. If there are other options for sharing a huge external disk between different computers (ideally different OSes), such that on Linux machines non-superusers can modify all files, I'd be glad to hear about them. Christoph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8762l99ykw....@falma.de
