vfat vs. ntfs

[Mike McCarty]

Josh Coffman wrote:
> I have a need for a partition for sharing files
> between fedora and windows boots.
> 
> I was using vfat for it. I re-did my partitions when I
> installed fc5. I made it a vfat, but I was wondering
> if ntfs writes are any better than they used to be. 
> 
> I'd rather use ntfs than vfat, but not is writing
> under linux is really slow.

Writing NTFS under Linux is *unreliable*.

Mike
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