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Date:      Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:06:04 -0500
From:      Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com>
To:        "lumiwa@gmail.com" <lumiwa@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Buffalo Firewire 1TB HD
Message-ID:  <9189F012-44E1-424B-A612-1EB257F90945@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1909751.OiLaBfRKrT@lumiwa.farms.net>
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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 <lumiwa@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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> 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.
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> Thanks.
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> --=20
> ajtiM
> --------
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