What is the best compatible file system for linux and windows?

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Michael S. Dunsavage a écrit :

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>>This is what you said Budi Febrianto
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>>>Hi,
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>>>I just bought a new external harddisk for my backup, I plan 
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>>to use it 
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>>>for my linux system and also my windows.
>>>Linux still can't write to ntfs (maybe can, but with 
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>>warning), while 
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>>>windows can't read fat32 bigger than 32 GB (I think so) even though 
>>>linux can write/read it.
>>>Is there any way that I can use my external harddisk for linux and 
>>>windows the easy way? I don't want to create multiple partition on 
>>>that disk.
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>>Too many unknowns to offer any solid advice.
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>>Is this drive only for backups?  Are you planning on a single 
>>backup product to backup both OS'es?  Do you plan on 
>>physically attaching this drive to both systems?  Is sharing 
>>the drive over the network acceptable?
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>>There are likely many valid solutions, but without knowing 
>>your specfic needs or intended usage, it is quite hard to 
>>make a suggestion.
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>I thought fat32 supported up to 2 terabytes?
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat32#FAT32
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>But windows can see 124 gig unless you don't need scandisk....
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>However MS format can only format 32GB
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>Now if you don't want to crate multiple partitions how about running MS in a
>Virutal Machine like Vmware?  Perhaps then just use NFS and samba?  
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you could use the captive ntfs driver on the linux side which supports 
reads and writes without warnings and format your drive as ntfs, or use 
an ext/xfs drivers on the windows side (crossmeta has one, for example) 
and format your drive as such
hth