From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 18:13:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93CCA1065671 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:13:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 688908FC25 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:13:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so966759rvf.43 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:13:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=o5zCm1FJfflL7jMK57KNA4A3eaM1QHpu/FNx3mobZKo=; b=bUc1SGFXQ/Ku7ToRCTkh2b3WSqRSPZaVXGD5ZPKJ5AVavpmc3EF5cqXd9FS38yq15u SBcAhrweVL4s8UFpQoDDJnSF1x5pBtdmxBZWbFtrEM6LIOzpJQcMa7f7l47ICh1ETfwg nt7dh83NTDGl41w+JUETgL50cbuxocinMgLus= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=QjRQ0JyO7gqIl0R/fxQQ3J3KFWPfBWjCizBgt7Ktjtui2u+4q+q7dHiS2+Rw6ZuNAp tnwruJhMfViBzgU1tn7OSlQNOxpJPWmikGoOPq6joV3wjsi+yCbEmD7QwoPnbrxh2umJ 6CZRGfUBezsNfpdC89Ws+CLSWbOlVTR0h8V8k= Received: by 10.141.43.19 with SMTP id v19mr678994rvj.154.1219428809992; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:13:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.199.11 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:13:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:13:29 -0500 From: "Andrew Gould" To: "FreeBSD Questions Mailing List" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: OT: most "universal" file system for 1TB external USB2 hard drive 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: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:13:30 -0000 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? Thanks, Andrew