Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:34:50 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Replacing VFAT as filesystem on removeable media |
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Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> >> How do you mean "replace"? >> >> VFAT's standardness today comes from the fact that virtually every >> personal computer in the world today and for the foreseeable future is >> able to read and write VFAT. Do you envision some other filesystem >> format achieving that status? > > That was my (possibly crazy) idea yes. ;) >
Ironically enough, one of the better filesystems for being supported by many OSes is probably ext2. However, that doesn't mean it is even in the same rough ballpark as (V)FAT.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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