From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 2 01:58:20 2007 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 A4ACB16A406 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 01:58:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6164F13C48C for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 01:58:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so110076pyh for ; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:58:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=n/fSOnYIY36sO1o4h7D0GiVVCfpDezumAueVVZxtaeaGkHSQ60TF1tw5fizZxy8aZCInrlMRcvfQe8z7QSOZzmXWUu70yxhAOGFYqtRb9pQ7L59x/mgmgtVPhSXJR6q1JCSee7p1ZbaSl/QRyxvDpT5zjevgRZma6V9IG1D3yew= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=oiAH1l/xmvGOT1v+Ec8g6D1TVPtt0bSJx6eRyx5KHYgdWv2MtmQgdmaySxvDEDyAYwATMKxdBZFZxYrA+MjOEUujf2l8vk5m7tPKMvFMULZU9iVHTbI7Ia75Be5ElL6oCHasfC1DY5aZT39q4r2/+x/JUDWrsCaJKaijAtBjzAI= Received: by 10.35.91.10 with SMTP id t10mr8323980pyl.1175479099699; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:58:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.2? ( [209.240.66.157]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 6sm21310275nzn.2007.04.01.18.58.18; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:58:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <46101A26.9080904@u.washington.edu> References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com> <46101A26.9080904@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1F87E231-44EB-450F-869A-3E16F82100F6@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric Crist Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 20:58:06 -0500 To: Garrett Cooper X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write 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: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:58:20 -0000 On Apr 1, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > mal content wrote: >> On 01/04/07, Eric Crist 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. ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks