Android and the 64 billion bytes question.

[Ira Abramov]

Like I said, ExFAT is not an issue with my desktop, only with my CWM
recovery. it seems CyanogenMod have a CWM fused into their kernel, so if
I try to install a newer CWM or TWRP, I still get the older CWM that
won't support ExFAT.

I also thought splitting the card into two 32G partitions could save me
from loosing more than one partition at once, if anything bad happens.

Quoting Hetz Ben Hamo, from the post of Thu, 10 Oct:
> Yes, there is, but just like with FAT, FAT32, NTFS, SMB etc - you won't see
> Microsoft chasing Ubuntu, CentOS or Red Hat for royalties. MS is asking
> royalties from the hardware vendors, not from you or your favorite
> distribution.
> 
> BTW: Both Fedora and Ubuntu already support exfat.
> 
> 
> תודה,
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> 
> 2013/10/10 Udi Finkelstein <Linux-IL at udif.com>
> 
> > Weren't there any patent issues with exFAT?
> >
> > Udi
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz at hetz.biz> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The ExFAT was invented by Microsoft specifically for such a removable
> >> storage and support for flash cards with this sizes (it supports up to 64
> >> ZB). Its fully supported under Android (Samsung wrote the kernel module, so
> >> there's a native support for it), and you can grab the kernel module from
> >> here:
> >> https://github.com/dorimanx/exfat-nofuse
> >>
> >> You can use ext3/ext4 (ext2 is a dog slow on SD) but then you'll have the
> >> overhead of journaling, and you won't have any compatibility with any
> >> Windows/Mac, in case you want to stick your card into such systems.
> >>
> >> תודה,
> >> *חץ בן חמו*
> >> "*חץ ביז <http://www.hetz.biz>*"-  שרותי פרילאנס לניהול ותחזוקת שרתי
> >> Linux ופתרונות וירטואליזציה.
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> >> *
> >> *
> >>
> >>
> >> 2013/10/9 Ira Abramov <Lists-Linux-IL at ira.abramov.org>
> >>
> >>> Now do you format a 64GB SDXC card to use with Android? the opinions on
> >>> the web are all over the place. some say it's OK to keep ExFat (it came
> >>> formatted) since it's pretty stable in FUSE and the Cyanogenmod supports
> >>> it. others say one should partition it down to two 32GB parts of Fat32
> >>> for compatibility with older OS in case you need to reset (also I found
> >>> my version of CWM does not read ExFAT). Others say ext2 is the way to
> >>> go, or ext3 (Windows machines won't support that easily, but I don't
> >>> care since I don't run one).
> >>>
> >>> Basically it's a question of what FS is the most convenient, stable,
> >>> safe and speed-optimized for flash. The forums people argue but I feel
> >>> none of them have serious ways to back up their opinions. If you have
> >>> any facts or educated opinions, I'd be happy to learn.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>> Ira Abramov
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