Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:02:52 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux shared installation Message-ID: <20140121120252.442c19cf.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CALfReyc_t2dv8p%2BZrQnSagYsOwbafQE9B6jAXG5esCo0yjTavA@mail.gmail.com> References: <mailman.4159.1390281281.1397.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20140121172736.A25136@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <CA%2Bg%2BBvg18ef9jE5xoKhTtQgh_gAPwg6Qd%2Bm2kpgxfa8ZG0K28Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140121193035.K25136@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <CA%2Bg%2BBvhfvp4BBTTZd9VU0vppqhQ8Cak=eJGzA4Q23_DLmv%2BbZA@mail.gmail.com> <CALfReyc_t2dv8p%2BZrQnSagYsOwbafQE9B6jAXG5esCo0yjTavA@mail.gmail.com>
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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, ...
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