JustGeorge Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 If you were going to use a flash drive as a secondary backup for a linux system, what would be the preferred file system? I'm thinking exfat since this flash drive would also need to be accessible from a Windows machine, should the need arise. Thoughts? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 ExFat JustGeorge, Nick H. and Sikh 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/#findComment-598728439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted April 23, 2022 Supervisor Share Posted April 23, 2022 ExFat, no contest. Sikh 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/#findComment-598728440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devHead Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 ExFAT is the way to go - accessible to everyone. Sikh 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/#findComment-598728450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Global Moderator Posted April 23, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted April 23, 2022 ExFat. Like the others said, yoiu can transfer it to other OS's. Sikh 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/#findComment-598728455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_was_here Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 +1 for exFat. It's how I format my USB drive for exactly cross-platform compatibility. Sikh 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/#findComment-598728462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoDome Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 So exFAT is the way to go? I'm using NTFS for now, never gave it much of a thought. I think macOS isn't happy with it, but I have none around. In any case as long as there is one that's half decent and works across them all I'm happy 😊 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/#findComment-598728473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) On 23/04/2022 at 12:35, KaoDome said: So exFAT is the way to go? I'm using NTFS for now, never gave it much of a thought. I think macOS isn't happy with it, but I have none around. In any case as long as there is one that's half decent and works across them all I'm happy 😊 Yeah...ntfs has ok support in Linux more or less, but in macOS, ntfs is read-only if memory serves. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/#findComment-598728474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted April 25, 2022 Supervisor Share Posted April 25, 2022 exFat is the way to go for sure; has read/write capability on Windows / Linux/ and macOS Sikh 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1417469-preferred-file-system-for-flash-drives-in-linux/#findComment-598728727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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