Vfat file system on usb-drive for Windows and Linux compatibility
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It will work fine with some limitations.
Specifically, you cannot store files larger than 4GB.
If your flash drive is large enough, you could consider partitioning it.
If you do that, remember that Windows will only see the first partition,
So, make that the VFAT partition and then you can have whatever you want following it.
I usually make a Ubuntu bootable flash with 16GB drives that have a first VFAT partition with a Ubuntu bootable partition following it.
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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I've just formatted by usb drive to vfat, as I heard that is best to use in both Linux and Windows? What do you think?