[Ham-Computers] thanks for the answers and another question

[fkamp at comcast.net]

Thanks to everyone who replied to the question about dealing 
directly with .iso files (not burning them to disk first). 
The information was very helpful.

So here is another question.  What file type will handle 
video (mpg2) and be accessible from windows as well as linux?

I finally got Mythtv-0.19 installed and running on an Athlon 
+1800 system.  Using FC4 and mostly pre-compiled binary 
packages for FC4.  Most of them came from ATrpms using yum 
install mythtv-suite.  The ivtv driver and xine were 
compiled on the Athlon system.

The working mythtv installation is on a 6gig drive with 
about 2gig left for video storage.  Not nearly enough.

For a year or more now, I have been using win98se, windows 
software and a pvr-250 card to convert some of my vhs tapes 
to dvd using nero6.  All that stuff is on an 80 gig drive 
which is dual boot with FC5 and an unsuccessful attempt at 
Mythtv-0.18.

I want to migrate the win98 stuff off the 80gig onto an 8gig 
and erase the 80gig which I want to use as video storage for 
win98 and mythtv.  The 80 gig will be a second drive in the 
system.  I could split the 80 gig between VFAT and JFS, but 
I would prefer to be able to access all 80 gig from either 
linux or windows.  I suspect that linux will do VFAT, but I 
am sure that windos will not do JFS.  So I am wondering if 
there is an entirely different file system that will handle 
video files (large files efficiently) and do windows and 
linux.  I certainly could divide the 80 into 40gig of VFAT 
and 40gig of JFS, but I would rather have 80 gig of 
something that might be compatible with both operating 
systems.  That might be 80gig of VFAT but I am hoping there 
is something better than that.

I dont want to go just with FC4 and mythtv and give up the 
win98 capability.  I want both.  I can get both fairly 
safely using plug-in hard disk trays.  One for the linux, 
the other for win98. (or win2000 or whatever).

I know the proper way to do this is to get a very large hard 
disk.  Say a 250gig or so, but I have interests other than 
ham radio and multimedia computers.  I would also like to 
pay my bills, eat, and buy gas for the car. So the 80gig 
with the 8gig and 6gig being the OS drives seems to be my 
best option at present.  I just need a file system that is 
capable of handling very large files efficiently and is also 
accessible by windows and linux.

That is probably more information than anyone wanted, but i 
felt the need to explain why I want to do something that 
might be considered goofy.

Regards,
Frank Kamp