They didn't want to risk destroying anything. Which is the solution Linux and Mac has chosen, and the reason Mac (and earlier Linux) defaulted to mount readonly. buying and signing an NDA with Microsoft orī. But the biggest problem with NTFS is actually that it is closed source and support in other OS'es than windows is either made by:Ī. NTFS was doomed not feasible for small removable devices. It was meant to replace FAT32 because of the filesize limitations. It is proprietary and Microsoft owns patents on several elements of its design" "exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a Microsoft file system introduced in 2006 optimized for flash memory such as USB flash drives and SD cards. It's not difficult to find this information, just look at wikipedia: I too came here because I wan't to access some large file on a USB drive from my LG WebOS TV, and I use Mac so I can't use NTFS.īut I must clear up some misunderstandings:ĮxFAT IS NOT STANDARD on most Linux distributions!Īctually it dosen't even have a kernel module (only Fuse userland module) because exFAT is a licensed, close source and closed protocol.
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