[tlug] Fwd: vfat or ext2 for a shared (linux, vista) partition

[Sylvain Vedrenne <sylvain.vedrenne@example.com>]

> I plan to replace my laptop HDD with a bigger one (500GB), and in this
> drive I would like to create a 200-300GB partition to be shared
> between linux and windows vista (the laptop is dual boot, with
> separate partitions for each OS, the shared partition is only for user
> data). I think I only have two choices for the shared partition
> format:
>
> - VFAT (FAT32)
> - ext2, using ext2 IFS (http://www.fs-driver.org/) to be able to read
> and write from vista
>
> I have experience sharing VFAT USB drives between windows and linux,
> so far without problems. Does using ext2 instead give any advantage?
> Obviously, I would like the one that is easiest to maintain and
> recover in case of a problem.

Hi Hector,

ext2 (what about ext3?) seems much more attractive than fat32.
In my understanding with fat32 you'd be limited to 32GB partitions and 4GB files.

Cheers,
Sylvain