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Re:The structure of the special type of DOS files called dir... by blattimwind on Monday February 25, 2019 @03:27PM (#19249116)
> universal compatibility

Afaik all operating systems read and write UDF formatted sticks and UDF is quite simple as well, and has none of the limitations FAT has. Also no patents.

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Re:The structure of the special type of DOS files called dir... by oarsinsync on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @04:59AM (#19253139)
I had never heard of this, and you are indeed right!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format#Compatib...

Frustratingly, neither Windows nor Mac exposes the options to format a disk in this way in their GUIs, but it can be done via the CLI in both cases!

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