From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 18:32:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D560316A408 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:32:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from artifact.one@googlemail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9661013C48C for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:32:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from artifact.one@googlemail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so1039502ana for ; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:32:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ME1m+OsV4k1qUWymMTZSlUrbCBAI/Z0DPOn0FqBmMAKeHNAdM0OnBWv+j3dhRGfSm73CSTCKa71QmOTtTVBGt4o8c8ralb/V1Yr1rJTNBJSzJl4u155/HH569HmhbctVi2Iohpt961HtG8QWnjgdgbqP1xlLrj+u0CH8PPpSaEs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=lYnegJlhFPzBihUUCsOf2W6knwdOywJqGLVKBG60iQ4dUNNZdyAWab18J8Y+LlNr9f6msefi9U3+cWxuWsdngEVSdx1VXnXWEHtolXzkE8u24YRZZLaMAKrGJGmhJFATt7Oq/tQkPXXt4A+60buGgSkpsk//ElA85pbt6YbktVg= Received: by 10.100.178.7 with SMTP id a7mr2979173anf.1175452375883; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:32:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.86.12 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 11:32:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:32:55 +0100 From: "mal content" To: "Eric Crist" In-Reply-To: <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:32:56 -0000 On 01/04/07, Eric Crist wrote: > On Apr 1, 2007, at 12:53 PM, mal content wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > I have a small USB hard disk enclosure and would like to start > > using it to transfer files between OS X and FreeBSD machines. > > > > Is there a filesystem that both OS X and FreeBSD can reliably > > read and write to? I've heard that OS X supports UFS, but there's > > no clear definition on what UFS actually is. I mean Free/Open/Net/ > > DragonFly all seem to have slightly differing definitions... > > > > Any ideas? > > MC > > > > (please cc: as I'm not subscribed) > > My recommendation would be to use *gasp* FAT32 for the file system. > This allows you FreeBSD/MacOSX/Linux/ and the occasional Windows > support when you eventually need it. If you only need OS X/FreeBSD > support, UFS is safe. IIRC, UFS2 is safe, as well. I've got a drive > I'm using that I think is UFS2 formatted. I'd check, but it's at the > office. Hi. Ok, I'll give it a go on an empty drive and see what happens. Would you recommend formatting the drive on an OS X machine, or a FreeBSD machine (or is it irrelevant)? thanks, MC