ChatGPT 5.6: (Is fat32 a good option for a 64gb external drive) FAT32 is suitable for a 64 GB external drive only when maximum compatibility is the priority.

The main limitation is that individual files cannot exceed 4 GB. That makes FAT32 unsuitable for large videos, disk images, backups, or many game files.

Better choices:

exFAT: Best general-purpose option for Windows, macOS, Linux, TVs, consoles, and other modern devices. Supports files larger than 4 GB.

NTFS: Better for a Windows-focused drive, permissions, and reliability, but has weaker write support on some non-Windows devices.

ext4: Best for Linux-only use, but Windows and macOS do not support it natively.

FAT32: Use mainly for older hardware, firmware updates, boot media, or devices that specifically require FAT32.

For a normal 64 GB external drive, I would format it as exFAT unless the device you plan to connect it to explicitly requires FAT32.

Local hardware Gemma-4-12b: (Is fat32 a good option for a 64gb external drive) For a 64GB external drive, ExFAT is usually a better choice than FAT32.

Here is why:

The 4GB File Limit

The biggest issue with FAT32 is that a single file cannot exceed 4GB. While a 64GB drive can easily hold many thousands of small documents and photos, modern media files (high-definition videos, disk images, or large installer files) often exceed that limit. If you try to copy a 5GB file onto a FAT32 formatted drive, the copy will fail even though the drive is mostly empty.

The Solution: ExFAT

ExFAT was designed specifically for flash memory (thumb drives, SD cards, external drives). It keeps the high compatibility that makes FAT32 popular — it still works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and PlayStation — but removes the file size ceiling, allowing files of virtually any size.

Summary Recommendation

• Use ExFAT if you might store large video files, large installers, or want the most modern standard for a drive of this size.
• Use FAT32 only if you require the highest possible compatibility with very old hardware (e.g. a DSLR camera from 15 years ago or a legacy Windows XP machine) and your files will always stay under 4GB.

Oh I know, it’s just what I see in every thread when some kind of outage or major bug is discovered. Half the comments are hurrdurr probably vibecoded.

A large majority definitely hate it to the point of having blinders on for sure.

On one side you have corpo hype/lies, and the other is LLM is slop garbage and terrible for anything, also developers wrote perfect code before LLMs and now everything that breaks is AI slop caused.

Bruno

Extremely conservative/risk averse and slow to implement basically anything new, unless it’s super flashy like AI lol

This is really cool in theory, I doubt my corp would let me use it though :(

Oh definitely, it was overwhelming at first for me too, but that’s how one learns imo

Now that I’ve been using it for a year and a half it’s much better but those first few months were quite the learning experience lol

Surprised no one has mentioned proxmox (at least not the top 10 threads I saw first)

Basically debian with a webui specifically for spinning up VMs and LXCs and managing storage and such, then install whatever distro in an LXC and run docker in that.

I assume because of all the “warp speed” stuff and Moderna getting big from it during covid, in the us at least.

They mean because games mainly work on windows first, not so much that gamers specifically want windows.

Vaultwarden

74 across 2 proxmox nodes in a few lxcs

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish

Have you ever actually used one? Been inside one?

I’ve heard tesla drivers complain about a lot of things but the infotainment console is far above what other manufacturers do. Thats not because it’s great, it’s because other manufacturers are just worse. 🤷

Is making the thing that’s already illegal illegal really addressing the issue? It seems like it’s more like paying lip service to the issue if it isn’t backed with some sort of positive social programs as well.

Great guides https://www.simplehomelab.com/

Thanks for the reminder, done as well :)

You can use Symphonium with JF libraries as well.

I almost set up Navidrome but I have TVs and Movies on JF already

I definitely bounced off of it as it had so much configuration I had no idea where to start. Adguard home was so much easier to set up, particularly because I also had to use it via DHCP as my router doesn’t have a dns option.