From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 23:53:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EB6116A5BE for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:53:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDC4413C442 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:53:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id kBVNqvGV056303; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:52:57 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20061231175033.02513ff8@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:51:54 -0600 To: "Keith Beattie" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <3aa28e230612311508h6ab7ee86g8c67bbdbc238b5b7@mail.gmail.co m> References: <3aa28e230612311508h6ab7ee86g8c67bbdbc238b5b7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: file system for FreeBSD, OS X and WinXP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:53:19 -0000 I would use the drive under FreeBSD and mount it over the network using samba. Physically moving drives makes little sense when you can share the drive over a network. -Derek At 05:08 PM 12/31/2006, Keith Beattie wrote: >Hello all, > >I recently picked up a big 700G external USB/Firewire Seagate drive with the >hopes of using it to store my growing collection of music, photos, etc. >currently spread across several different machines (all with nearly full >discs). My hope is that I could use a single file system on this drive >which could then be plugged into any of these machines which run FreeBSD, OS >X, or WinXP. > >The disc came formatted FAT32, which FreeBSD didn't like ("too big" was the >error when mounting). Formatting it UFS on OS X, showed that Apple's notion >of UFS differs significantly from FreeBSD's notion of UFS. Formatting it >under FreeBSD, likewise, leaves it only usable there. > >Is there a file system which will work for a drive this size on at least >FreeBSD and OS X? It appears that HFS+ is a possibility, but I'm concerned >that the support for that file system under FreeBSD is not current. What >are people's experiences here? Is it perhaps better to punt on the idea of >moving the drive about and go with a NAS-like solution running NFS/Samba and >such on the FreeBSD box? > >TIA, >ksb >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.