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| The easiest way to avoid this behavior is to provide a label for each of your USB drives, and specify the desired mount point in /etc/fstab based on the drive label. | | The easiest way to avoid this behavior is to provide a label for each of your USB drives, and specify the desired mount point in /etc/fstab based on the drive label. |
− | ====ext2/ext3 vs. FAT32/VFAT==== | + | ====Supported FileSystems==== |
− | * ext2/ext3 works great under Linux | + | =====ext2/ext3===== |
− | * ext2/ext3 supports hard links, symlinks | + | * recommended for USB drives intended for use only on SME |
− | * ext2/ext3 can be read under Windows using http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs | + | * works great under Linux |
− | * fat32/vfat comes pre-configured on most USB hard drives | + | * supports hard links, symlinks |
− | * fat32/vfat is suppoted natively by Windows. | + | * can be read under Windows using ''explore2fs'' from http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs |
| + | * File & Disk size limits depend on the block size used when formatting the disk. SME defaults to a 1K block size.<br>1K block size: 16GB max file size, 2TB max disk size<br>2K block size: 256GB max file size, 8 TB max disk size.<br>4K block size: 2TB max file size, 16 TB max disk size |
| + | =====fat32/vfat===== |
| + | * pre-configured on most USB hard drives |
| + | * supported natively by Windows |
| + | * (2^32)-1 byte ( 4GB - 1 byte) maximum file size |
| + | * Windows 2000 ''format'' and Windows XP Setup's ''format'' will not create a fat32 volume larger than 32 GB |
| + | * Maximum disk size dependent on cluster size. 32KB Clusters would allow a disk of approximately 8TB |
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| ====Identifying your USB drive==== | | ====Identifying your USB drive==== |