On 6/10/21 4:16 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I just received today a new 1TB USB drive with a USB 3.0 Type A plug on > one end and a Type C plug on the other. I plugged it into one of the > Type C ports on my Thinkpad and discovered that it is formatted 'Win95 > FAT32.' > >...
Unless you desperately need Windows or MacOS compatibility, you can skip both fat32 and exfat. There is no real reason not to use ext4, esp for USB C/3.x and large TB sticks. For Windows compatibility, use NTFS. Linux now supports that natively. If are worried about the USB stick lifetime with journaling, then just use ext2. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33552/htg-explains-which-linux-file-system-should-you-choose/ https://www.howtogeek.com/73178/what-file-system-should-i-use-for-my-usb-drive/ -Ed
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