On 2009/05/07 12:20 (GMT+0200) Per Inge Oestmoen composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
On 2009/05/07 10:53 (GMT+0200) Per Inge Oestmoen composed:
jdd wrote:
you certainly can't have a 1Tb fat partition.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table it can be up to 2T, but I hardly think that a good plan
I think you may have a point there.
So that is the reason why I could not format the disk?
Maybe it's your choice of tool. Have you tried any other than YaST2? Since you want FAT, have you considered the eminently logical choice of using Vista to do it?
I have tried YaST, not YaST2, because the latter could not even see the disk. The trouble with Vista is that I have no access to any Vista machine. I brought the disk to the computer shop, where the shop assistant accessed it with Vista, but I refused to let him format the disk - because Vista cannot format with FAT according to that man.
I think he's wrong. Vista can format exFAT, so I'd be really surprised if it cannot also do legacy FAT.
Now it seems that I have to choose another file system, and even though I generally use Reiser on Linux Ext3 may be better if it is easier to access it from several operating systems.
FUSE and NTFS-3G are now providing full access to NTFS partitions. NTFS is far more efficient than FAT, and does not have the 4G file size limitation that prevents large media files, such as DVD isos, from being saved on them.
I know, but does not NTFS have fragmentation problems making it less desirable? There is no way to defragment a NTFS drive in Linux that I know of.
Well, your planned FAT filesystem is the traditional requiree of frequent defragging. In contrast, fragmentation is a minimal problem on NTFS, particularly if filling considerably less than 100% of the partition(s) with files, which is pretty common among users of triple-digit-G-sized partitions. For what you seem to plan to use it for, I doubt fragmentation is worth considering to be of significance in choosing a filesystem.
Do the "others" need to use it directly? Can't you just mount on Linux and share it over the network?
It is less convenient, but if it is the only possibility so be it.
It's not the only possibility, unless the USB device is simply one that has broken support, or simply is broken, in which case I would not trust it in any event. -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org