Comments on: Trying Linux again http://www.speedkill.org/2006/12/18/1666/ Radioactive Toy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:11:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Heliologue http://www.speedkill.org/2006/12/18/1666/#comment-423796 Heliologue Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:56:35 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2006/12/18/1666/#comment-423796 Maybe, but FAT32 performance is abysmal on large drives. And once again, FAT32 has no journaling or advanced features at all. Maybe, but FAT32 performance is abysmal on large drives. And once again, FAT32 has no journaling or advanced features at all.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.speedkill.org/2006/12/18/1666/#comment-423783 Jeff Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:52:48 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2006/12/18/1666/#comment-423783 I don't really want to leave it as NTFS since I've already had issues. I've made folders in Ubuntu that Windows saw as corrupted (which is probably the root of my current problem). Maybe FAT32. I don't have any files over 2 GB, so I'm well under the max file size. I don’t really want to leave it as NTFS since I’ve already had issues. I’ve made folders in Ubuntu that Windows saw as corrupted (which is probably the root of my current problem). Maybe FAT32. I don’t have any files over 2 GB, so I’m well under the max file size.

]]> By: Heliologue http://www.speedkill.org/2006/12/18/1666/#comment-423765 Heliologue Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:29:52 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2006/12/18/1666/#comment-423765 Ubuntu Edgy's quality is way under par. I've had nothing but problems while I've tried it. Hopefully Feisty will have a better standard, though part of me doubts it. Also, I'd be very careful about <strong>(a)</strong> ext2 partitions for important data and <strong>(b)</strong> using ext2 drivers in Windows. Remember that ext2 doesn't do journaling, which every modern filesystem (like ext3) does. The only thing I would ever suggest using ext2 for is <code>/boot</code>. I've also had some filename issues when accessing ext2/3 partitions from Windows—the driver's Unicode implementation is sketchy, I think. You might just be better off leaving it formatted as NTFS and using the new ntfs-3g drivers. Ubuntu Edgy’s quality is way under par. I’ve had nothing but problems while I’ve tried it. Hopefully Feisty will have a better standard, though part of me doubts it.

Also, I’d be very careful about (a) ext2 partitions for important data and (b) using ext2 drivers in Windows. Remember that ext2 doesn’t do journaling, which every modern filesystem (like ext3) does. The only thing I would ever suggest using ext2 for is /boot. I’ve also had some filename issues when accessing ext2/3 partitions from Windows—the driver’s Unicode implementation is sketchy, I think. You might just be better off leaving it formatted as NTFS and using the new ntfs-3g drivers.

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