sd card file system on android

[sara fink]

Thanks Efraim. I will appreciate it. I can wait a day or two.
@Rabin, I'm not interested in fat due to the size limit.




On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Efraim Flashner <efraim.flashner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've heard that some Samsung phones are running F2FS to increase
> performance/decrease NAND wear.  To me it seems likely that if they're
> enabling that then they wouldn't be squeamish about enabling ext2/3/4.
>
> I think the sd card I used in my htc one v was ext4 formatted, but I
> don't remember now.  I can check later, depending on how chag
> preperations go this evening.
>
> -Efraim
>
>
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:13:13 +0300
> Rabin Yasharzadehe <rabin at rabin.io> wrote:
>
> > It depends on the device,
> > But probably all will support FAT (not exFAT) as it's the default for
> > the external SDCARD.
> >
> > --
> > Rabin
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:15 PM, sara fink <sara.fink at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > What is already enabled in the kernel? FAT/ext2/ext3 ?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Rabin Yasharzadehe
> > > <rabin at rabin.io> wrote:
> > >
> > >> It's a kernel future, and you will have to root the device to be
> > >> able and change the mount option for the sdcard (on /system
> > >> partition).
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Rabin
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:04 AM, sara fink <sara.fink at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hello All
> > >>>
> > >>> I am looking for phone models with android (maybe version
> > >>> number)  that support sd card formated with ext2 or ext3.
> > >>> Preferable ext2 since it's not journaled.
> > >>>
> > >>> I'd like to save big files (1-2gb each file) on the sd.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks
> > >>>
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