[ale] Local File Storage options

[Niel M. Bornstein]

I think the question was about how to share a local disk partitions across
different OSes on the same machine - meaning dual boot, I assume.

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 12:56 PM Raj Wurttemberg via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Jim K's options are all very good.
>
> At work, I usually build a Linux file server and install Samba for the
> Windows servers. The Linux servers access the shares via NFS.
>
> I went the easy way for home and got a QNAP NAS (Synology is also good) so
> that I can access all of my files on Windows and Linux. FreeNAS, QNAP,
> Synology, etc... are great multiprotocol file servers.
>
> /Raj
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Calvin Harrigan via Ale
> Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 12:15 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: [ale] Local File Storage options
>
> Hi all,
>
>      I've found myself in a situation where I need to share several large
> partitions on a single machine across Windows 10 and Linux (ubuntu
> 18.04)
>
> What would be the best filesystem option for sharing read/write access to
> these partitions?  I thought about using NTFS with ntfs-3g under linux, but
> because of the proprietary nature of NTFS, I'm reluctant. I'm afraid of
> catastrophic filesystem failure in the event of a driver error.  Is
> VFAT(fat32) a viable option?  It officially has a limit of 32GB, though I
> know it can go as high as 2TB.  It offers no features of a modern
> filesystem though.  EXT4 doesn't have a practical driver based solution for
> windows.  There are programs like Ext2Fsd, but I have the same issues with
> it as I do with ntfs-3g.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
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