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chrisrx
September 12th, 2008, 09:34 AM
I've got a new hard drive for my laptop so I'm going to transfer everything over. But what I want is a data partition that is readable/writable under linux/windows/OSX. I know that ext3 can be read under windows and osx with some additional downloads, and NTFS with OSX and linux(although not sure how stable it is on linux)
So what would be my best option, be it one of the above or other?
Sef
September 12th, 2008, 09:36 AM
Most people go with an NTFS partition. NTFS-3g is stable now.
SunnyRabbiera
September 12th, 2008, 09:38 AM
ext3, no constant defragging.
chrisrx
September 12th, 2008, 01:40 PM
What is the performance like for ext3 under windows? I read that it runs without journalling so I don't know if that makes a difference.
Vivaldi Gloria
September 12th, 2008, 04:13 PM
What is the performance like for ext3 under windows? I read that it runs without journalling so I don't know if that makes a difference.

You need to install http://www.fs-driver.org/. It reads it as ext2 so yes, no journal. I am happy with the speed and stability. But some people said that it's not stable enough though I don't know why.