At home I have multiple operating systems, Linux (debian), Mac OS X Lion and Winders 7. I have a large USB drive that I want to use to backup/transport files. What filesystem should I use that will allow multiple OS’s to read/write to it. It is a 500 GB USB drive using USB 2.0.
Answer
FAT32 is your best option for read/write access from Windows, OS X and Linux with no third-party add-ons. Note that it won’t support individual files larger than 4GB.
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Source : Link , Question Author : Ronaldo Nascimento , Answer Author : Mike Scott
