Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:32:55 +0100 From: "mal content" <artifact.one@googlemail.com> To: "Eric Crist" <mnslinky@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write Message-ID: <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com>
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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
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