From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 18:55:47 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 B8F6416A402 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:55:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from smtpout-1.iphouse.net (smtpout-1.iphouse.net [216.250.188.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 988DE13C465 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:55:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from smtpout-1.iphouse.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by outbound-clamsmtpd.iphouse.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF8212AC4E0; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:28:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (hq.secure-computing.net [209.240.66.157]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtpout-1.iphouse.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B9292AC4D0; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:28:19 -0500 (CDT) In-Reply-To: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric Crist Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:28:06 -0500 To: mal content X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP 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 18:55:47 -0000 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. ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks