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Re: Share usb disk drive with windows



On Sun, March 26, 2006 14:32, Daniel Garcia said:
> Hi,
>
> I have bought a 200Gb usb disk drive, in order to share information
> between windowsXP and linux.  I have formated it with FAT32 with linux
> because with windows it is not possible.
>
> Does anybody used a so big FAT32 disk partition, will it be slower, is
> it risky to use a so big disk partition with FAT32.
>
> Thanks
> Daniel
>
>
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I have used a Maxtor 300G usb disk, formated as one part fat32 without
problem for over a year now. Usb2, switching to and from debian and
windoze.
Have not tested if it's faster with several smaller parttitions.
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