From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 21 12:42:27 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF22532C for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:42:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x22a.google.com (mail-qc0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 991BD1898 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:42:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f170.google.com with SMTP id e9so7101883qcy.29 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:42:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=9t+3J43dNpQrBQ2dN9H4eiiYX8ptmfxwpoNd67vtEsU=; b=lUFioAB3x8tJimltj++wzJRhUSfEMWQBaj58/7r3GSe2oqv+feE2nuhTq9IJlHt5GG pTzQ9R3tEpLCXIVK6y+WxK9can0Zzk6YBxbfYs2Yl4Mxh7tsbUAld/V2lJiVVrNxBE3q azeT/RKsu3XejF6VmF7bDex70/zwez6brBw9/rXhp0WiJJmzXb9yrsqtyz9dfBYluYJn 3DCxeftAhQVkbY1V2VGiWn5vMpwBndNJW403PRHco67FJgzrZnSnAd9PCvIzwLmq1q4Z lvyjpQVz9gtlRvWhEmYOG+tZbEkfPAYNtyI5ajkOjgeGvlW49+m9m3nCkG3g6YpQegr+ PJ9A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.102.204 with SMTP id w70mr34160430qge.110.1390308146667; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:42:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.96.37.227 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:42:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20140121120252.442c19cf.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20140121172736.A25136@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20140121193035.K25136@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20140121120252.442c19cf.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:42:26 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux shared installation From: krad To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:42:27 -0000 ifs its only for small stuff would fat32 not be good enough. Linux and BSD are ok with with, even if it is a bit ugly On 21 January 2014 11:02, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:31:52 +0000, krad wrote: > > if you want data exchange, you might be better going for nfs or cifs > rather > > than trying to keep it on disk. All of the issues with fs support then go > > away, and you can keep each os install atomic > > If I would need this for larger amounts of data, NFS would definitely > be my choice. I already _know_ that it works because I have tried it > in the past. But the requirement is "network-less", and only for > small amounts of data, just in case I want to access something from > all installed operating systems, or want something created on one > OS make accessible on the other OS. It's not even about a shared > home directory. Also it's not about simultaneous access, because > only one OS will run at a time. > > The primary intention is that it should be r/w from all systems > with the simplest means possible. I'm not sure in how far Linux > supports UFS (either as a partition inside a slice, or as a GPT > partition, or as a "slice on its own"), that's why I thought the > best choice would be the lowest Linux file system (ext2), because > FreeBSD can read and write this with OS tools (fuse not required). > So the "means of sharing or transfer" can be kept on the same > disk (installed in the laptop) and does not require something > specific. It's really not meant for big amounts of data, it's > a "just in case" concept. > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >