On 08/01/2014 01:09 PM, Chris Murphy issued this missive:
On Aug 1, 2014, at 11:37 AM, Angelo Moreschini
<mrangelo.fedora(a)gmail.com <mailto:mrangelo.fedora@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I need to use an USB Hard Disk as repository; that is a "subversion
> repository" that is used in a local network.
>
> This means (for me) that the data wrote inside the HD can be used, in
> case of emergency, bot on OS Linux both on OS Windows ....
>
> Actually in this Hard Disk (that have ntfs file system) are stored data
> writed from OS Windows XP; and I am not able to read (easily) this
> data in OS Fedora.
>
> Actually I can read only some directories there... :
> - $RECYCLED BIN
> - RECYCLER
> - System Volume Information
>
> As well it is not the best..., it is not very important for me to lose
> the data actually wrote in this Hard Disk,
> But I would be sure that IN THE FUTURE SHALL BE COMPOTIBILITY of
> usage between Fedora and Windows..
> i.e. *_I could indifferently use the Hard Disk with Fedora and with
> Windos.._*
>
> *_I think this if possible, using some File System that allow this
> possibility, by the creation of a special partition on the HD._*
>
> What I think is rigth ?
> In case the answer is yes.. *_with wich File System I have to format
> this partition ??_*
Use NTFS. Windows and Fedora will read/write NTFS. It's a journaled file
system so it's a bit safer to use than FAT32 (in particular the journal
obviates most repairs in case of a crash, so it's usually not necessary
to fsck the disk). And also FAT32 has a 2GB file size limitation which
can be a problem.
Keep in mind, however, that there MAY be permissions/ownership issues as
NTFS permissions and ownership do not translate directly to Linux. If
the filesystem is mounted by root and root does the read/write to it,
it'll probably be OK, but just be careful.
There is no 100% compatible mechanism between Linux and Windows. You can
use things like NFS or Samba to sort of mitigate the major hurdles, but
there is nothing that's going to map 1 to 1. FAT32 has the fewest
attributes so the compatibility is better, but it's still not 1 to 1.
Windows and Linux are just completely different beasties. Linux does a
better job "accommodating" Windows filesystems, but the reverse sure
isn't true.
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