[TynesideLUG] Filesystem for USB flash drives etc used for taking things between Linux computers

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I did all these tests on Ubuntu 22.04.3 x86_64 LTS computers with .deb
updates and snap updates complete. Whilst the software is new, the 2
PCs ranged from the elderly (formerly a Windows Vista setup) and a
middle aged (formerly a Windows 8.x system being tested thoroughly
before it gets sent to a member of Contact)

After a lot of going down blind alleys and testing on multiple systems
with a small  and a large iso (4.9GB) isos, text files, I have come to
the conclusion that the future is exfat.

To access files on an exfat partition, simply having a modern kernel
is good enough. I *think* but have not tested this but there is a
package exfat-fuse

To format partitions as exfat, I had to install the exfatprogs
package. To quote Synaptic package manager, exfatprogs contains
 - mkfs.exfat to create an exFAT filesystem
 - fsck.exfat to check and repair an exFAT filesystem
 - tune.exfat to print and edit the filesystem label

You can use GNOME disks or the commandline to format a flash drive as
exfat. I used GNOME Disks.

HTH,


Ian

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