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   On Wed, 3/19/2025 5:00 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:   
   >   
   >> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.   
   >   
   > But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against   
   > filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.   
   >   
      
   I bet most of the SD storage devices you've got in the   
   house, were abused at one time or another, and how often   
   do those get corrupted ? I don't have a lot of SDs, but   
   I've been popping the one I've got in and out of equipment   
   for years. Never once had an issue. FAT32. 32GB size.   
      
   I think journaling is an excellent feature on a HDD or   
   on an SSD (wear leveling). Journaling is a less good choice   
   on an SD or on a USB flash stick (because the storage PHY   
   isn't as sophisticated, and it is easier to burn a hole   
   in those). If we could have flash sticks with SLC or MLC,   
   my opinion might change then, but TLC or QLC devices   
   are pretty sloppy pieces of crap. And those need static   
   and dynamic wear leveling to give a good lifespan.   
      
   I don't think I have any ExFAT partitions here at the moment.   
   Usually, anything prepared that way, got paved over, through   
   no fault of their own. Other file systems end up on the devices   
   instead.   
      
      Paul   
      
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