CentOS - Nov 2019 - External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

What about exfat ?

2019?11?30?(?) 18:10 Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>:
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 05:19:44PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > One of my clients has a mixed Linux/Mac OS/Windows environment in his
> office.
> > He just purchased a 4 TB external hard disk, which he intends to use
on
> his
> > various workstations.
> >
> > Up until recently, I've been using plain old MBR/FAT for hard
disks in
> mixed
> > environments. Fire up fdisk, make one big 0b type partition, and then
> format it
> > using mkdosfs.
> >
> > Unfortunately, there's a 2 TB limit to that.
> >
> > Of course, I could still use a GPT partition, but then I'd still
have to
> format
> > it using a "common denominator" filesystem, e. g. FAT...
which is also
> limited
> > to 2 TB as far as I know.
> >
> > So what now? Use Windows 10 to format the disk using NTFS? This,
Windows
> and
> > Linux could use it, and I'd have to check if Mac OS can manage
NTFS file
> > systems. A few years ago, it didn't.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Maybe UDF?
>
> --
>
>
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I strongly dislike moving removable disks between computers,
especially with differing operating systems.

I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using
the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever.



On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 11:38 AM Pierre Emerald <pierre.emerald at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> What about exfat ?
>
> 2019?11?30?(?) 18:10 Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>:
>
> > On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 05:19:44PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > One of my clients has a mixed Linux/Mac OS/Windows environment in
his
> > office.
> > > He just purchased a 4 TB external hard disk, which he intends to
use on
> > his
> > > various workstations.
> > >
> > > Up until recently, I've been using plain old MBR/FAT for hard
disks in
> > mixed
> > > environments. Fire up fdisk, make one big 0b type partition, and
then
> > format it
> > > using mkdosfs.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, there's a 2 TB limit to that.
> > >
> > > Of course, I could still use a GPT partition, but then I'd
still have
> to
> > format
> > > it using a "common denominator" filesystem, e. g.
FAT... which is also
> > limited
> > > to 2 TB as far as I know.
> > >
> > > So what now? Use Windows 10 to format the disk using NTFS? This,
> Windows
> > and
> > > Linux could use it, and I'd have to check if Mac OS can
manage NTFS
> file
> > > systems. A few years ago, it didn't.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Maybe UDF?
> >
> > --
> >
> >
>
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I second that. exFAT is the way to go. Support is built in for the Mac and
Windows and even Linux Mint. Support is easily installed for CentOS and Ubuntu.
Looks like there was some compatability issues if the exFAT drive was formatted
on a Mac. So be sure to format the drive? on Windows or Linux.? The maximum file
size is 16 exabytes and 512 TB is the maximum recommended disk drive size.? We
use it at work to transfer large files between Windows, Mac and Linux using
external drives.
Ed

    On Saturday, November 30, 2019, 2:38:33 PM EST, Pierre Emerald
<pierre.emerald at gmail.com> wrote:
 
 What about exfat ?

2019?11?30?(?) 18:10 Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>:
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 05:19:44PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > One of my clients has a mixed Linux/Mac OS/Windows environment in his
> office.
> > He just purchased a 4 TB external hard disk, which he intends to use
on
> his
> > various workstations.
> >
> > Up until recently, I've been using plain old MBR/FAT for hard
disks in
> mixed
> > environments. Fire up fdisk, make one big 0b type partition, and then
> format it
> > using mkdosfs.
> >
> > Unfortunately, there's a 2 TB limit to that.
> >
> > Of course, I could still use a GPT partition, but then I'd still
have to
> format
> > it using a "common denominator" filesystem, e. g. FAT...
which is also
> limited
> > to 2 TB as far as I know.
> >
> > So what now? Use Windows 10 to format the disk using NTFS? This,
Windows
> and
> > Linux could use it, and I'd have to check if Mac OS can manage
NTFS file
> > systems. A few years ago, it didn't.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Maybe UDF?
>
> --
>
>
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On 30/11/19 21:50, John Pierce wrote:
> I strongly dislike moving removable disks between computers,
> especially with differing operating systems.
>
> I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using
> the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 11:38 AM Pierre Emerald <pierre.emerald at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
+1

> 
> I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using
> the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever.
> 
And if the machines aren't on a network?

P.

Le 30/11/2019 ? 21:50, John Pierce a ?crit?:
> I strongly dislike moving removable disks between computers,
> especially with differing operating systems.
> 
> I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using
> the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever.
Hell is paved with good intentions (french saying).

We already have OwnCloud running perfectly here.

Except the machines are on different networks, and we don't want to upload a
few terabytes of archives over a crappy internet connection. :o)

Cheers,

Niki

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