Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:20:07 +0100 From: Julian Wissmann <julianwissmann@gmail.com> To: Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: read BSD format disk from Mac OSX Message-ID: <368DA1EB-A7C5-4CEA-AC5B-3C8591D54ED6@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090302183739.GB89715@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <f84c38580903020616h4b9fff3bj47416b532f347cfb@mail.gmail.com> <20090302183739.GB89715@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Am 02.03.2009 um 19:37 schrieb Roland Smith: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 09:16:02AM -0500, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: >> Hi all, >> I format a ext disk (UFS) and transfer some files into it, hand it >> over to my friend who has a macbook. He complained the macbook can't >> read it. I don't have a mac on hand, I wonder if there is any utility >> that will help a mac to read a BSD, thanks!! > > Macs use GUID partition tables. These are supported by the GENERIC > FreeBSD kernel (at least in 7.1). You'll need the gpt(8) program to > make > them. The following link is a kind of HOWTO: > http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-1305.html > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much > appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: > C321A725) Formatting the Disk GUID is a start. Your friend could use FUSE as well though. It's available for OS X (see http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/) . Or you could format the FreeBSD disk with UFS1! which is afaik supported by OS X. Julian
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