Linux Compatibility with Various File Systems

Linux Compatibility with Various File Systems

Name	Description	Run Linux Natively	Read from Linux	Copy/Move Files
ReiserFS	Default SUSE Linux file system. Journaled.	Y	Y	Y
ext2	Extended file system. Default for many older Linux systems.	Y	Y	Y
ext3	ext2 with journal.	Y	Y	Y
JFS	IBM Journaled file system.	Y	Y	Y
XFS	Journaled file system originally for SGI IRIX, ported to Linux.	Y	Y	Y
Minix	The file system Linus Torvalds ported to the x86 platform.	N	Y	Y
NFS	Network file system.	N	Y	Y
FAT12	DOS floppy disk format.	N	Y	Y
FAT16	MS-DOS File Allocation Table.	N	Y	Y
FAT32/vfat	Windows 9x file system.	N	Y	Y
NTFS	Windows NT/2000/XP.	N	Y	NTFS > Linux only.
HFS	Macintosh Hierarchical file system.	N	Y	Y
ISO9660	CD-ROM file system.	N	Y	Y
UDF	Universal Disk Format for DVD-ROM	N	Y	Y