I do this because the rule of thumb is not to create a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB.
Why? FAT32 can handle a partition up to 2TB. I know Microsoft arbitrarily set a 32GB limit for formatting FAT32 in Windows XP, but this has noting to do with the capabilities of FAT32.
I never need to access the drive from two OSes at the same time. So this works for me.
In this case I do, and it's a lot of data that needs to be migrated from a mix of OSes to Linux. FAT32 was the easiest choice.
Also, I use rsync instead of cp or mv. One key advantage is that rsync can pick up where it left off even if the drive gets booted by the hotplugging system, which has happened to me. That is how I got turned onto rsync.
Hmmm good idea. Thanks... I will definitely switch ot that one once I get thigns back and working again We did an fsck.msdos on the drive, and it had mismatched FATs, and EOF probs on several files... then at some point in the fsck process it ends with a malloc error. Not much fun :-( all I want to do is pull off the files and reformat the drive. I don't know if that will ever be possible though. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org