Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays?

From	Shadow <Sh@dow.br>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays?
Date	2015-10-11 19:57 -0300
Organization	A noiseless patient Shadow
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On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:20:10 +0000 (UTC), Jerry Peters
<jerry@example.invalid> wrote:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:29:43 -0400, JF Mezei
>> <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>>On 2015-10-09 13:09, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>
>>>> Where FAT32 is concerned most of my flash cards are formatted in camera 
>>>> (FAT32) and files there are about 32 MB.  No need for anything larger.
>>>
>>>Consider a HD movie that might be 6 to 8 gigs. Sometimes easier way to
>>>transfer it is via USB.
>>>
>>>Or you make a .ZIp backup of a collection of photos that exceeds 4GB
>>>onto a .ZIP. The .ZIP file is greater than 4 gigs.
>> 
>>        I think almost if not all zip utilities allow you to divide
>> the zip into 4GB portions.
>>        Or just use exFAT.
>>        I think the original question was about OS compatibility.
>> Linux, Mac and Windows support exFAT.
>>        I read something about journaling not working well on flash
>> cards, which would probably exclude NTFS, and all the Unix extXs from
>> the OP's choice.
>>        []'s
>
>It's easy enough to use ext4 without a journal using -O ^has_journal
>for mke2fs. I use this on all any of my USB sticks that are not fat32.

	Yes, sure, but unless you use third party software
	http://osxfuse.github.io/
	http://www.ext2fsd.com

	ext4 is not what the OP wanted - cross platform.
	[]'s
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Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-08 20:51 -0500
  Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-08 19:16 -0700
    Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-10-09 17:31 +1300
    Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-10-08 23:11 -0700
    Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-09 09:41 -0400
      Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-09 16:01 +0000
        Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-09 13:09 -0400
          Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-09 14:29 -0400
            Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-09 15:14 -0400
              Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-11 02:10 +0000
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 10:14 -0400
            Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-10 18:47 -0300
              Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-10-11 20:20 +0000
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-11 19:57 -0300
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 18:04 -0500
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-11 20:41 -0300
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-10-11 20:26 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 03:39 +0000
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Mark Perkins <mark@none.invalid> - 2015-10-12 05:30 -0500
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-12 10:04 -0300
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-12 14:29 +0100
              Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-16 01:38 +0000
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-16 07:57 -0300
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-16 07:20 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 11:17 -0400
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-16 13:16 -0300
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-16 23:35 +0000
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-16 17:09 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-16 23:31 +0000
            Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-11 02:08 +0000
        Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-10-12 03:26 +0200
      Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-09 17:14 -0700
        Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-10 09:45 -0400
          Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-10 18:03 -0700
            Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 10:04 -0400
              Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-10-12 04:50 +1300
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 12:05 -0400
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-10-12 08:02 +1300
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 14:33 -0500
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-10-12 10:59 +1300
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-11 18:52 -0400
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-10-11 20:28 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 15:59 -0400
          Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-10-12 03:34 +0200
            Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:08 -0400
        Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-10-11 03:26 +1300
          Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-10 18:04 -0700
            Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 10:04 -0400
              Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-11 17:13 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:01 -0400
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-12 14:51 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 18:02 -0400
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-12 20:17 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-13 20:29 -0400
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-14 01:09 -0700

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