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Supported filesystems for USB drive
I've seen that ReadyNAS Duo can make a FAT32 or an Ext3 filesystem on my USB drive, but I would prefer another FS. Is there any other FS supported for R/W access on usb drives ? I tried to use a...
Thank you all for your answers.
I think I'm going to use ext3 formated by the NAS. And install ext3 FS driver on a few windows PC.
However I've got some bad sectors on the 1TB disk I want to plug on USB to the NAS.
I used a Linux PC to built the ext3 FS with R/W sector testing (it took quite a long time, but less than two days).
I understand the ext3 FS need to be built by the NAS, but I still want full R/W testing on sectors, to mark all bad sectors.
If I don't find the right option in the frontview I will do it with the command line.
I think I'm going to use ext3 formated by the NAS. And install ext3 FS driver on a few windows PC.
However I've got some bad sectors on the 1TB disk I want to plug on USB to the NAS.
I used a Linux PC to built the ext3 FS with R/W sector testing (it took quite a long time, but less than two days).
I understand the ext3 FS need to be built by the NAS, but I still want full R/W testing on sectors, to mark all bad sectors.
If I don't find the right option in the frontview I will do it with the command line.
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