From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 19:47:14 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 4CB2F16A403 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:47:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A84213C484 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:47:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l31JlD6t032171 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:47:13 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l31JlCgK028101 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:47:13 -0700 Message-ID: <46101A26.9080904@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:46:30 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.4.1.123734 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' 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 19:47:14 -0000 mal content wrote: > 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 I'd do it on the FreeBSD machine. IIRC Mac OSX did some funky stuff with the MBR / slices when formatting disks. -Garrett