[mdlug] ext2 on USB drive?

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Feb 5, 2008 5:40 PM, Stan Green <Stan at mcomputersolutions.com> wrote:
> I picked up a 8GB USB drive at Micro Center. It is one of their store brand
> devices. When I went to use it I realized it is formated FAT32 which has a
> 4GB file size limit. The reason I got the drive was to move large (6-7GB)
> files. I know ext2 can support larger files, but I hesitate to reformat the
> USB drive for fear of destroying it. (I have seen some indications on the
> internet that trying to reformat a USB drive has destroyed it.)
>
> My thought is to keep a small FAT32 partition to store the Windows and Mac
> ext2 drivers in case I need them one of these systems.
>
> Has anyone formated a USB drive as ext2?

Yes, you may format however you like.  I once created a nice Ubuntu
USB live stick using ext3, but I bet ext2 would work as well.  If you
have enough space, you can even keep a FAT partition on it around for
use on windows...
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen
"Know something about everything and everything about something."