Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:08:35 -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: <461065A3.1000702@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <1F87E231-44EB-450F-869A-3E16F82100F6@gmail.com> References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com> <46101A26.9080904@u.washington.edu> <1F87E231-44EB-450F-869A-3E16F82100F6@gmail.com>
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Eric Crist wrote: > On Apr 1, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> 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 > > I just took another disk, formated with UNIX Files System on my Mac, > and it mounts just fine as UFS on my FreeBSD system. Well, hmm.. that's where the IIRC came from though because I wasn't positive. What version of OSX were you running when you formatted the disk, by the way? -Garrett
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