From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 2 02:09:21 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 DD0B816A401 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 02:09:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B80D713C480 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 02:09:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l3229LmO014811 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:09:21 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l3229K2r016194 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:09:21 -0700 Message-ID: <461065A3.1000702@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:08:35 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> <8BB98332-C3CD-4A81-B274-F743CCAD686D@gmail.com> <8e96a0b90704011132i318aa6dsb7f0dfeefe1acb22@mail.gmail.com> <46101A26.9080904@u.washington.edu> <1F87E231-44EB-450F-869A-3E16F82100F6@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1F87E231-44EB-450F-869A-3E16F82100F6@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.4.1.185535 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' 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 02:09:21 -0000 Eric Crist wrote: > 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. Well, hmm.. that's where the IIRC came from though because I wasn't positive. What version of OSX were you running when you formatted the disk, by the way? -Garrett