I’m running EndeavourOS and Windows 11. Each OS is on a separate disk, but I have a data disk that is currently NTFS that mount in both OSes. NTFS causes problems for some things in Linux, and I’m worried it’ll bork the drive for windows eventually, so I’m keen to find an alternative. I’ve read about the WinBTRFS driver so wondering if that is a better way to go?
I don’t want to run a server with a share to access this data because it is way to slow for my needs.
- ProgrammingSocks ( @ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social ) 13•2 months ago
DO NOT use WinBTRFS. It caused me some cryptic filesystem errors that I never found a real solution to. NTFS is the better option if you must have a shared disk, but I really suggest different partitions for each OS.
- teawrecks ( @teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ) 5•2 months ago
They’re definitely not suggesting having both OSes in the same partition (even though that is technically possible using winbtrfs, it is objectively an insane thing to do).
- ProgrammingSocks ( @ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social ) 2•2 months ago
I understood that just fine
- teawrecks ( @teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ) 2•2 months ago
Lol ok, then I guess I didn’t understand what the alternative would be when you suggested putting the OSes on different partitions.
- cmnybo ( @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ) English13•2 months ago
I would use exFAT for a shared data drive. Just don’t use it for programs since it lacks unix file permission support.
- vort3 ( @vort3@lemmy.ml ) 5•2 months ago
BTRFS works for me.
I tried NTFS, but Steam games won’t run from NTFS partitions under Linux.
- IrritableOcelot ( @IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org ) 1•2 months ago
I have my steam games running from a NTFS storage partition separate from my Windows and Linux home partitions…
I had some initial issues when I started doing that, and it required a different read method for the drive (which never worked), but for about 6mo I’ve had no issues running steam off a vanilla NTFS drive.
- taaz ( @taaz@biglemmowski.win ) English3•2 months ago
I’ve once tried WinBTRFS and on top of not making it work I still have leftover drivers that can’t be deleted.
I just use ntfs3 and ever since tweaking steam so that it does not put proton compatdata on it I didn’t have to reboot and run chkdsk for months now.
This supports my thinking that ntfs3 is the way to go, or at least worth testing for a while.
- corsicanguppy ( @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) English3•2 months ago
- SavvyWolf ( @savvywolf@pawb.social ) English2•2 months ago
If you’re worried about stability, I think the NTFS driver will probably be more widely used and tested than WinBTRFS. Of course, nothing is 100% bug free, and disks can fail at any time for no reason. Instead of looking for a stable filesystem, I’d suggest setting up backups such that a random failure every few years doesn’t cause everything to be lost.
- IrritableOcelot ( @IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org ) 2•2 months ago
In my experience NTFS is the most stable, unfortunately. What issues are you having with the NTFS disk on linux?