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Alrighty, I just recently transfered an old system over to an HTPC case and going to set it up as one. Right now running xp-32bit, but am planning on putting on Vista ultimate (w/ media center) 64bit, as well as Mythbuntu. Have a couple of drives, have 320gb(sata) one that i will partition for both the vista and linux partitions, as it's the fastest and smallest drive i have. Otherwise i have a 80 & 160 old IDE just plan on using for scratch/backup purposes.
The problem comes in where i got a 750gb(sata) drive, but what to format it into to read the best on both OS's.
I have heard recommendations on ext3, but have had many problems with it. when i do finally get it formatted into that, i notice that the i-node takes up between 10-20gigs(4k pieces) of space , and would like to reduce it down to between 2-5gigs(32k pieces), as for it will be large files only so i don't need all that extra indexing. So when i do get the i-node down that way (formatting in linux) it is not readable in windows, as it says there is no partition. and i'm using the ext drivers to see/do the drives/space.
Basically... what is the best file system to use that can be read on both linux and windows, and how would you format them (using what, certain param's etc...) to maximize the space.
The problem comes in where i got a 750gb(sata) drive, but what to format it into to read the best on both OS's.
I have heard recommendations on ext3, but have had many problems with it. when i do finally get it formatted into that, i notice that the i-node takes up between 10-20gigs(4k pieces) of space , and would like to reduce it down to between 2-5gigs(32k pieces), as for it will be large files only so i don't need all that extra indexing. So when i do get the i-node down that way (formatting in linux) it is not readable in windows, as it says there is no partition. and i'm using the ext drivers to see/do the drives/space.
Basically... what is the best file system to use that can be read on both linux and windows, and how would you format them (using what, certain param's etc...) to maximize the space.
i'll post over there too. not trying to spam both forums though.