On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 04:17:23PM +0200, Jean-Pierre André wrote: > And why is it restricted to vfat ? External usb disks are factory > formatted as ntfs, which is more suitable for OS-agnostics > backups. Automatic mounting Exfat devices would also be useful.
Probably because of Microsoft patents and licence costs, I would suspect. You have to reformat those USB devices. The FAT filesystem is the only portable filesystem between OI and Windows. You can reformat them on Windows or OI. -- -Gary Mills- -refurb- -Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada- _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
