Hi, the question is in the subject:
pros and cons on using exfat instead of NTFS for exchange filesystem linux windows on my laptop running dual boot windows leap 15.6 with KDE
This really depends on your storage media. exfat is intended for flash drives and has some advantages over NTFS. But for any other type of drive NTFS would be the better choice.
PS I am not sure what you mean by ‘exchange file system.’ When I used to dual boot, Windows was NTFS and Linux was Ext4 (yes, it was a long time ago) and I had no problems moving files between partitions.
Hi and manythanks, I intend that I have a dual boot system, one hard disk SSD with windows and linux
windows is in NTFS partition
linux in EXT4 partition
I have a separate partition where I store files that can be used by both system windows and linux, I have now this partition in NTFS, I was asking if using exFAT was better or not for this partition
Hi! I used to run a dual boot system too, with three separate disks:
- one for Windows (NTFS)
- one for Linux (EXT4)
- and one in exFATthat I used to share files between both systems
On the exFAT drive, I had folders like Desktop, Documents, and Downloads, and I used the same ones in both Linux and Windows. It worked really well for me. Of course, exFAT doesn’t support Linux file permissions, then it’s a good option for sharing data between systems.
and what about the lack of journaling in exFAT??
Yeah, you’re right! I totally forgot about that… no journaling and not much in terms of security either.
I didn’t really have any problems, but I only used it for a short time. Dual boot was kind of a hassle, so I just switched fully to openSUSE and now I run Windows in a VM when I need it
Really it depends on what you are going to use the partition for. If it is just a holding receptacle, it probably does not matter which you use. If you are going to modify files while they reside on the partition NTFS is probably the better bet because of the journaling.
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Just keep using ext4 and use wsl --mount in windows?
As mentioned by others, exFAT is really better for thumb drives.
On dual boot system, I use ext4 filesystem for openSUSE and ntfs filesystem for windows 10. ntfs gets mounted by openSUSE and that allows me to get a windows file off the windows partition at any time from linux w/o rebooting into windows. Big time savings.
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yes I modify files while they are resident in NTFS
too complicate
@pier_andreit ever thought of approaching the Windows folks and ask them to sort the issue out? Seems the ball is in their court to make their file systems more compatible and secure?
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