cm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy yes, I would in fact like to write a file bigger than 4GB in 2025. Com'on flash drive manufacturers, get your shit together and format in exFAT already -_-lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1500
arrow-up1500imageWhy yes, I would in fact like to write a file bigger than 4GB in 2025. Com'on flash drive manufacturers, get your shit together and format in exFAT already -_-lemmy.worldcm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squaremmddmm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days agoI get the impression that ext4 is more widely supported than exFAT.
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-23 days agoLol nah, exFAT is the only current FS (other than fat32) capable of being read AND written to by Linux, MacOS and Windows out of the box
minus-squaremmddmm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIt’s supported by Linux, Windows, MacOS, and all of the embedded devices with a firmware written by organizations that give a damn. But somehow, ext4 passes under the radar and gets into nearly every embedded device.
minus-squareLucy :3@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoIt certainly should be. And as we’re on it, Mainboards should support it too. It’s a pain to create special partitions, and sometimes even use MBR instead of GPT, just for a BIOS update.
I get the impression that ext4 is more widely supported than exFAT.
Lol nah, exFAT is the only current FS (other than fat32) capable of being read AND written to by Linux, MacOS and Windows out of the box
It’s supported by Linux, Windows, MacOS, and all of the embedded devices with a firmware written by organizations that give a damn.
But somehow, ext4 passes under the radar and gets into nearly every embedded device.
It certainly should be. And as we’re on it, Mainboards should support it too. It’s a pain to create special partitions, and sometimes even use MBR instead of GPT, just for a BIOS update.