BestCrypt is fully compatible across all supported platforms (Windows, Linux and Mac) on the container file level. This means that your containers will work just the same on any other supported platform no matter where and when it was created. However, the platforms themselves are still different and it is useful to be aware of those differences to avoid common pitfalls. For the purpose of this guide let us concentrate on a particular case of transitioning your BestCrypt containers from Windows to Linux.
Although BestCrypt will open and mount your Windows containers Linux
there may be an issue with the filesystem your container is formatted
with.
The default file system on Windows is NTFS or ExFAT, however not all of
the
Linux distributives support NTFS or ExFAT volumes. This is essentially
the same situation you could have had with an ordinary flash drive
formatted on Windows in NTFS and mounted on a Linux. To avoid
this problem, use either FAT or install a third-party support for
writing to NTFS or
ExFAT volumes on Linux*. You should check how to do it in your Linux
distribution to get more details.
Linux will allow you to format new containers in a number of Linux-specific file systems not supported by Windows, for example ext3. To access ext3-formatted container on Windows, users can install a third-party ext3 implementation.
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Please note that Jetico Inc. Oy does not take any responsibility for
using third-party software and any damage it may cause to your system.