Filesystems
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This page collects information about file systems working natively under MorphOS. In addition to these, Amiga 68k file systems can be used too (example).
Disk File Systems
| Name | Location | Bootable | Native File Properties | Max File Name Length | Max Partition Size | Max File Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart File System (SFS) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | Yes | 107 | 128 GiB | 2 GiB - 2 bytes | The default file system |
| Professional File System III (PFS3) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | Yes | 107 | 104 GiB | 2 GiB | Legacy support for PFS2 and AFS1 |
| Fast File System 2 (FFS) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | Yes | 107 | 2 TiB to 128 TiB | 4 GiB - 2 bytes | Legacy support for OFS and FFS |
| FAT File System (FAT) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | No | 255 UCS-2 | 2 TiB to 16 TiB | 4 GiB | |
| Mac File System (HFS) | Built-in (L:) | No | No | 31 | 2 TiB | 2 GiB | |
| Hierarchical File System (HFS+) | Built-in (L:) | No | No | 255 UTF-16 | 2 TiB* | 2 TiB* | Read-only |
| Second Extended File System (ext2, ext3, ext4) | Built-in (L:) | No | No | 255 | 2 TiB to 32 TiB | 16 GiB to 2 TiB | Limited read-only support for ext4 |
| NT File System (NTFS) | Built-in (L:) | No | No | 255 | 16 EiB | 16 EiB | Read-only |
| SGI X File System (XFS) | Built-in (L:) | No | No | 255 bytes | 9 EB | 16 TB to 9 EB | Read-only |
| Ice File System (IceFS) | 3rd party (link) | Yes/No | Yes | 107 (255) | 9 EB | 9 EB | Bootable on Pegasos/Efika, but not on Macs |
| ExFAT File System (ExFAT) | 3rd party (link) | No | No | 255 UTF-16 | 128 PiB | 128 PiB | |
| NT File System 3G (NTFS-3G) | 3rd party (link) | No | No | 255 | 16 EiB | 16 EiB | Can't be placed on RDB |
Network File Systems
| Name | Location | Native File Properties | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SmbFS | Built-in (C:) | No | For mounting Windows shares or Samba shares on other platforms |
| NetFS Revised | 3rd party (link) | Yes | For mounting partitions between MorphOS and/or AmigaOS systems |