>> Would you recommend to set these 2 directories (distfiles, packages)
>> on FAT32 partition?
>
>> Sometimes it facilitates swapping those binary files (wich are of
>> time- consuming downloads/compilations) between computers,
>> especially when they are multiboot ones and sometimes they run
>> MSwindows ...
>
> So? Then you share them using Samba.
>

On a multiboot system? Explain please.

I have actually considered doing the same thing... (Dual booting
between gentoo and freebsd-4) but so far my fast internet connection
has kept me from taking any action.

Sometimes I wish there were a good, simple, free and extremely
portable filesystem which we could use for such a purpose.

Anyone have better suggestions?