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).
NOTE: this page is still under construction and many values would need to be verified!
Disk File Systems
| Name | Location | Bootable | Native File Properties | Max File Name Length | Max File Size | Max Partition Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart File System (SFS) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | Yes | 107 | 2 GiB - 2 bytes | 128 GiB | The default file system |
| Professional File System III (PFS3) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | Yes | 107 | 2 GiB | 104 GiB | Legacy support for PFS2 and AFS1 |
| Fast File System 2 (FFS) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | Yes | 107 | 4 GiB - 2 bytes | 2 TiB to 128 TiB | Legacy support for OFS and FFS |
| FAT File System (FAT) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | No | 255* (UCS-2) | 4 GiB | 2 TiB | Supports FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32 with LFN |
| Mac File System (HFS) | Built-in (L:) | No | No | 31 | 2 GiB | 2 TiB | |
| 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* | 16 GiB to 2 TiB | 2 TiB | Limited read-only support for ext4 |
| NT File System (NTFS) | Built-in (L:) | No | No | 255* | 2 TiB** | 2 TiB** | Read-only |
| SGI X File System (XFS) | Built-in (L:) | No | No | 255* | 2 TiB** | 2 TiB** | Read-only |
| Ice File System (IceFS) | 3rd party (link) | Yes/No | Yes | 107 (255) | 9 EB | 9 EB | Bootable on Pegasos and 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 |
| CDRive File System (CDFS) | Built-in (boot.img) | Yes | Yes | ISO 9660/Amiga Rock Ridge/Joliet, audio as WAV files, ISO file support |
* Filenames over 107 characters will be stripped
** Theoretical sizes may be bigger, but filesystems using deviceio.library are limited to 2 TiB
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 |