Format N900 into NTFS
 

I was tranferring a large file and it said not compatible.

Any ideas if formatting it NTFS would be ok?

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

No, that wont work, you might be able to format a microSD on the device as NTFS when connected to a computer, but im not sure if the device has NTFS support built into the kernel.

NTFS is proprietary microsoft crap, and has only recently been reverse engineered well enough to be usable on any linux system.

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

So I guess no way of having files over 4gb then?

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

Only lately the kernel drivers support writing (and it is unstable yet I think). ntfs-3g is more likely to work...

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

How about ext3? There's kernel support for that.

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

Can't realy use the device as USB stick then for large files...

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

Format a microSD card as ext2 and put it in the n900. You might have to mount it yourself. Transfer the file with scp.

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

I'm kinda bummed that so much of the device is tied up in fat32 as well.

Personally, I'd much rather see the whole internal storage be ext3, and optionally fat32/ntfs/whatever for the microsd for those who want usb stick functionality

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

Has anyone ever asked microsoft why there is still no native support in windoze for mounting ext2?

The specs have been fully and publicly documented for many years.

I am not a customer, so I do not interact with them at all.

Re: Format N900 into NTFS
 

I believe you'd have to ask the same question to Apple.

It's a shame that after all these years FAT32 is still the de-facto standard for mobile storage.