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unplug

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Which File Format Is Better?
« on: April 15, 2005, 09:48:30 pm »
I just bought a 1gb sd. Now I am wondering which file format will do me good in the long run? FAT32 or ext2? If I use fat32 do I need to defrag after awhile?
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tristezo2k

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Which File Format Is Better?
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2005, 11:07:13 pm »
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I just bought a 1gb sd. Now I am wondering which file format will do me good in the long run? FAT32 or ext2? If I use fat32 do I need to defrag after awhile?
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This is up to your needs.
For instance, compatibility with that thing m$ sells forces to Fat.
Hability to link to the internat FS requires ext2.
I would go with half each.
Two partitions, 512 each.

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Sebastian.

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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2005, 04:11:56 am »
Or you could format it as umsdos and keep msdos compatibility but still be able to use symlinks.

See this thread for more details.  You might have to hunt around for umsdos on ROMs other than pdaXrom.

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