Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:46:30 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write Message-ID: <46101A26.9080904@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com> References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com>
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mal content wrote: > On 01/04/07, Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> 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
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