From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 16:06:08 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C8107C3 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:06:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x234.google.com (mail-oa0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2CD8E2A for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:06:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id l6so6311766oag.39 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:06:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:from:subject:date:to; bh=W0/nXIOwT0jISb9g02m0GoWkM/twf6cTRyqSHxUX+SA=; b=1HM3dininQ6s8cYLwOv74u8oP6G2+/2igBG2pF2KPQus5hzcyZC21+nKforEFm+pvc HdmYOE29BxGvU5qlJCnLwcZhO7Ah2ClBDKfOdtpHrSWfVzb5BJGNLN3c0Cq+u3kOadob kZApiqYy1zX5wrOk1Gufx05mfRr0usAiC7N5tBsKBK+OO6nIh8W4Xd37QxfTBWVQNU6K RjTUXA7mVx2TUQf4Ke/QwiAlGaZDk+W8N1gHwL0tDPiuH1wbtiO5LDlAclgY/R2m4j5n SaCVaZ+CVuVpXrKhFQ0VedQcG+5/0VrnAXSIpTSp3bsZ/WPKDqGnjDciqAiCeRMcZF5v JWAQ== X-Received: by 10.60.232.42 with SMTP id tl10mr927444oec.77.1396022767024; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:06:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.64] (pool-71-170-112-253.dllstx.fios.verizon.net. [71.170.112.253]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id pr4sm23220124oeb.8.2014.03.28.09.06.06 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:06:06 -0700 (PDT) References: <5653617.MEWqcFTqsU@lumiwa.farms.net> <12578543.1HCP5gAiFf@lumiwa.farms.net> <9DD4CA4C-A7F6-476B-B575-E576DA06C261@gmail.com> <1909751.OiLaBfRKrT@lumiwa.farms.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: <1909751.OiLaBfRKrT@lumiwa.farms.net> Message-Id: <9189F012-44E1-424B-A612-1EB257F90945@gmail.com> X-Mailer: iPad Mail (11D167) From: Matthew Pherigo Subject: Re: Buffalo Firewire 1TB HD Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:06:04 -0500 To: "lumiwa@gmail.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:06:08 -0000 Got it. If it's a Mac, then NTFS won't be natively supported =E2=80=93 howev= er, I think exFAT is (Basically, FAT without the archaic limits). If you'd like to format it as UFS, follow this tutorial to let the Mac view i= t through FUSE: https://wiki.gutzmann.com/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile#= content/view/6651931 If you want to use exFAT, you can do something like this to get exFAT suppor= t in FreeBSD: pkg install fusefs-exfat echo 'fuse_enable=3D"YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf reboot --Matt > On Mar 28, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Ajtim wrote: >=20 >> On Friday 28 March 2014 10:07:32 Matthew Pherigo wrote: >> Hey, >>=20 >> FAT32 can't handle files over 4 GB. What are the other computers that you= >> want to connect to? If your concern is compatibility with Windows, you ma= y >> have to format with NTFS to not be hit by stupid filesystem limits. >>=20 >> Also, remember that if you aren't planning to use the device in non-BSD >> systems anytime soon, and you're only formatting it like that 'just in >> case', remember that there are FUSE drivers for everything (ZFS on Window= s? >> Sure!), which means any operating system can read your chosen filesystem i= f >> you can install FUSE. So, for example, if the drive would only ever be >> plugged into a non-BSD computer in the case of some tech disaster needing= >> recovery of the files, the many benefits of a UFS/ZFS filesystem far >> outweighs the negatives of needing a FUSE translation layer. :) >>=20 >> --Matt >=20 > I have an iMac 11,1 computer with OS X and FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE installed.= I=20 > use FreeBSD 90% or more and OS X just for listening music and converting v= ideo=20 > files which on FreeBSD with ffmpeg I have problems. I have external hard d= rive=20 > from the subject on which I have one partition for OS X backup and other I= =20 > like to use for both. I have many video files on FreeBSD which I want to c= opy=20 > on external drive and than use them on OS X. >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > --=20 > ajtiM > -------- > http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa