linux - Is UDF an ok substitute for ext3?

Monday, October 30, 2017

I'm thinking of doing the UDF thing to share files between windows and linux.

Is UDF a viable option for /home
Is UDF a viable option for /
Can windows XP correctly read sparse files I created in linux from UDF

As long as it doesn't break things I was going to rsync my ext3 backup drive over to UDF so I can see it in windows is this reliable?

Answer

You will be fine with windows 7, not so much with XP. See here for more details.

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