[ale] moving an .iso

[Sean Kilpatrick]

Damned if I know what file systems Android supports.  Once I found a 
solution, I stopped looking.

One reason is to maximize portability.  All the major operating systems 
can read an ntfs partition.  Not so with ext4.  If I were trying to 
increase security I would use ext4 or one of the newer Linux file systems 
to partition the micro card.  In this case I wanted to be able to have 
both my Linux laptop and my wife's Apple laptop read data off this SD card.

Sean

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On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 08:28:46 am Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Curious why one should use ntfs vs a Linux filesystem like ext4
> assuming there was no desire to put the SD card in a Windows system at
> some point.
> 
> Does Android not support Linux filesystems?   Does the sd card not
> allow for that?   Wasn’t the source a Linux system?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Sean Kilpatrick Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 4:19 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] moving an .iso
> 
> 
> Final report.
> 
> file size limits within fat32 fs were the problem.
> 
> Reformatted the micro sd card using this command:
> 
> mkntfs -F -L micro /media/<original label>
> 
> that took a l-o-n-g time because of having to use a USB-2 connection.
> 
> But it worked.
> 
> Once the sd chip was formatted ntfs, I was able to move the iso to it
> without trouble -- just more time.
> 
> The Android tablet can see the reformatted sd chip.
> 
> So far, all is good.
> 
> Sean
> 
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