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SubjectRe: Replacing VFAT as filesystem on removeable media
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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