USB Key filesystem choice

Hi archers.
I have an USB Key (2Go) that I will only use with Linux
I would like to encrypt it in the future with TrueCrypt
I would like to know witch is the better filesystem for my key ?
Ext4 ?
Thanks :]

Must it be truecrypt?
If can spare 400MB, install an arch core image onto it then run cfdisk. you'll find you have 400MB sda1 so you can make a luks-encrypted partition over the rest of the flash drive. Now you can boot that anywhere and transfer you files (and do so much more).
Last edited by vacant (2009-10-11 08:54:50)

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