From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 8 21:41:59 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09C13356229 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 21:41:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kremels@kreme.com) Received: from mail.covisp.net (mail.covisp.net [65.121.55.42]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B2CSP5q0Tz479M for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 21:41:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kremels@kreme.com) From: "@lbutlr" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Are there any real advantages of ext4 over ext2 ? Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 15:41:55 -0600 References: <202007082201.08766.dr.klepp@gmx.at> <202007082303.03792.dr.klepp@gmx.at> To: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <202007082303.03792.dr.klepp@gmx.at> Message-Id: <0C5AC990-346B-4D98-B4E6-E5242CF50700@kreme.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3645.0.6.2.4) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4B2CSP5q0Tz479M X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of kremels@kreme.com designates 65.121.55.42 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kremels@kreme.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.53 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MISSING_MIME_VERSION(2.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[kreme.com]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.48)[0.484]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.94)[-0.940]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.61)[-0.611]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:209, ipnet:65.112.0.0/12, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[65.121.55.42:from] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 21:41:59 -0000 > On 08 Jul 2020, at 15:03, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: >=20 > Anno domini 2020 Wed, 8 Jul 14:30:30 -0600 > @lbutlr scripsit: >>=20 >>> On 08 Jul 2020, at 14:01, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp = wrote: >>>=20 >>> Anno domini 2020 Wed, 8 Jul 13:40:30 -0600 >>> @lbutlr scripsit: >>>> On 08 Jul 2020, at 13:00, Ottavio Caruso via freebsd-questions = wrote: >>>>> You can make a vfat (msdos) partition=20 >>>>=20 >>>> vfat? I don't know that one, did you mean xFAT? >>> LOL ... there was a time before Windows 10 =F0=9F=98=83 >>=20 >> That does not answer the question. >>=20 >> FAT based filesystems that are not xFAT have severe limitations on = filenames and/or file sizes that make them pretty much non-starters for = sharing a file system between different OS versions. >=20 > And yet vfat is used on most usb sticks I've seen in the wild - for = good or bad. And that is relevant to a shared file system between two Uses how, = exactly? --=20 "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "Wuh, I think so, Brain, but wouldn't anything lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?"