Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:17:22 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: most "universal" file system for 1TB external USB2 hard drive Message-ID: <20080823011722.1315394f@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <d356c5630808221113x7e931338k532c9a8f1f126aac@mail.gmail.com> References: <d356c5630808221113x7e931338k532c9a8f1f126aac@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:13:29 -0500 "Andrew Gould" <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> wrote: > I couldn't help myself. During lunch, I found a 3.5" 1TB SATA > internal HD **and** a USB2 HD enclosure for SATA drives on sale at > large % discounts. It was more than I could resist. > > The operating systems in my home include FreeBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X and > Windows XP Pro. If I want all of these systems to be able to read > and write to the drive, what file system should I use? I know fat32 > is pretty universal, but is it advisable? There is also NTFS through ntfs-3g ,which is available for all of the above (sysutils/fusefs-ntfs on FreeBSD). Having a native Windows filesystem is sensible on a portable drive, and fat32 is not a great filesystem. http://www.ntfs-3g.org
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