[ale] Seeking Filesystem Guidance

[Stephen R. Blevins]

Running Mint 20.1

The mount command returns the filesystem as "fuseblk."  According to 
Ubuntu Forums, NTFS file systems are mounted as "fuseblk."

Sincere "Thank you" for all who responded.

Stephen R. Blevins
stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com

On 4/30/23 09:35, Phil Turmel via Ale wrote:
> Just how old is this Mint system?  The "Fuse" format is almost certainly 
> NTFS-3g, which has been superceded by native NTFS in modern kernels.
> 
> Choose NTFS.  Don't forget the quick or fast mkfs option or you will be 
> twiddling your thumbs for a long time.
> 
> Do not permit such large driver to be formatted in fat* or vfat.
> 
> On 4/29/23 21:34, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
>> This is complicated by lack of data about the other system the new 
>> drive gets plugged into.
>>
>> Let's start with fuse. It's not a filesystem format. It's a mounting 
>> method that allows user level control. It's quite generic in that it 
>> understands many types of filesystems. Odds are high the format of the 
>> drive is likely some windows variant. Often the dmesg output that 
>> occurs after plugging in an external drive includes the filesystem 
>> type.  dmesg  > before; plug in drive; dmesg > after; diff before 
>> after should show easy info.
>>
>> If the drive were never used anywhere but Linux, ext4 is a solid 
>> choice. But using it with an external blu-ray will require 
>> compatibility. If it needs ntfs, load in the ntfs-3g tool chain and 
>> format it as ntfs. As that tool chain is typically using fuse to mount 
>> an ntfs drive, it's highly likely the existing drive is ntfs.
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 6:51 PM Stephen R. Blevins via Ale <ale at ale.org 
>> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>>
>>           I have a terabyte external drive i got from my step-son.  Linux
>>     Mint claims it is in FUSE format.  I use it for both data storage and
>>     for A/V media storage.  I do like the fact that I can mount it and
>>     write
>>     to it from Linux Mint, *and* that our BlueRay player can also read it
>>     and display .mkv files correctly from it.
>>
>>           I just purchased a couple of terabyte drives (from Microcenter,
>>     where else).  Their startup instructions assume a Winders 
>> environment,
>>     claiming that Winders will automagically create a filesystem on 
>> them (I
>>     assume in NTFS format).
>>
>>           My request for guidance is, "If I format them from Linux, what
>>     filesystem format should I select?"
>>
>>     Thanks in advance.
>>
>>     --     Stephen R. Blevins
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