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FAT32 is common on portable storage (SD cards, USB 'thumb' drives), especially when cross-platform support is a concern.

• rbanffy 13y ago
  I understand that FAT32 has a role in portable storage. What I fail to understand is the relation between USB drives and serving VM images.
  • mentat 13y ago
    Sneakernet moving of files to non-network connected devices.
    • rbanffy 13y ago
      And how common would that use case be when we are talking about virtual machines used in web development?
      • raverbashing 13y ago
        Very common Copying a 4GB file through a congested wi-fi connection may be very slow It's easier and faster to copy to a good USB drive
        • warfangle 13y ago
          Or, uh, use cat6.