From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtao02.charter.net ([209.225.8.187]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JBtrt-0003XQ-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:26:25 -0500 Received: from aarprv06.charter.net ([10.20.200.76]) by mtao02.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20080107152554.YKJM27011.mtao02.charter.net@aarprv06.charter.net> for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:25:54 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.121.233]) by aarprv06.charter.net with ESMTP id <20080107152554.IFMB14098.aarprv06.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:25:54 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m07FPrCX021778 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:25:53 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id m07FPrOH021777 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:25:53 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:25:53 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Finding a suitable filesystem Message-ID: <20080107152553.GA21707@gmx.net> References: <1199641575.3656.22.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1199641575.3656.22.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:26:25 -0000 I always format mine fat32 since I use them under both windows and unix and really don't care about permitions all that much on these devices. On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 05:46:15PM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote: > Hello, > I am wondering what filesystem is best for a USB memory stick. The > problem is that fat/fat32 is very poor on the permissions, but most > systems can read/write it, whereas ntfs is poorly supported under Linux > (and I am not certain about how good the permission support is) and > things like ext3, reiserfs and other unix FSs aren't supported on > windows. So is there mount options for fat/fat32 which improves the case > somewhat under Linux, or might ntfs be a good compromise as most of the > Linux systems I will be using it on will be mine so I can install > ntfs-3g or other drivers (and windows 9x seems to have disappeared > sufficiently that I won't have too many of those), or is there a windows > driver for one of the unix filesystems (and if I want to be able to use > it on more than just my machine I suppose I could make a small fat32 > partition where I could have the driver available should a windows > machine not have it). > > Thanks for any pointers to information or advice people can give. > > From > Michael Whapples > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- There are two types of Linux developers - those who can spell, and those who can't. There is a constant pitched battle between the two. -- From one of the post-1.1.54 kernel update messages posted to c.o.l.a