From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 2 07:22:03 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 C058516A402 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 07:22:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bram@diomedia.be) Received: from adicia.telenet-ops.be (adicia.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85F2413C480 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 07:22:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bram@diomedia.be) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by adicia.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with SMTP id 057D22300D9; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:22:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.134] (d5152F411.access.telenet.be [81.82.244.17]) by adicia.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2F4B2300A2; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:21:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4610AEFB.5060909@diomedia.be> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:21:31 +0200 From: bram User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, artifact.one@googlemail.com References: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8e96a0b90704011053h7cbbf52bkf9e45c623d264a38@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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 07:22:03 -0000 mal content schreef: > 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 I have done this frequently. In my experience the only way is FAT32, for large drives you need to compile the freebsd kernel with the MSDOSFS_LARGE option. You should be able to read/write the drive in OSX 10.3 and upwards, I do not think it works with 10.2 and 10.1 Formatting the drive is easy in OSX so I would do it there I beleive the reason for UFS not being compatible is an endian (big vs small) issue, maybe solved now with the new intel macs. I have not tried it with usb, but it worked with firewire. If both machines are connected through a network you may also want to take a look at netatalk kind regards bram > > (please cc: as I'm not subscribed) > _______________________________________________ > 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"