FAT or NTFS on CF

[Guest]

Wich File System (FAT or NTFS) is better to use on CF cards protected with
EWF ?

 

[Sean Liming \(eMVP\)]

FAT32 - because of the fewer writes made.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit

 

[mike.zelina]

Sean, if EWF is enabled, does the # of writes matter? I prefer to use
NTFS for boot devices because I don't have to worry about running
bootprep. The CF devices use RAM based EWF. Is there any downside to
doing this?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Sean Liming \(eMVP\)]

There is a lot you metioned here.

Bootprep is only needed if you format the media under DOS.

If your CF is fixed, you can prep the CF drive under DOS with NTFS. I have
been on different projects that have use NTFS for security reasons. You will
have to monitor EWF RMA overlay consumption to make sure the system doesn't
run out of RAM.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit

 

[J.B.]

Hi Sean,

Can you send me information about CF-Card prep under DOS with NTFS?

How can i Do that?

Thanks

 

[Lee Cooper]

I have flash with EWF working fine with FAT32 - no bootprep required.