From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 17:06:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E8C616A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:06:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from knife.dreamhost.com (knife.dreamhost.com [66.33.219.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8C1443D39 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:06:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@tntluoma.com) Received: from [192.168.1.203] (adsl-68-76-44-196.dsl.wotnoh.ameritech.net [68.76.44.196]) by knife.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75B83E469A; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:06:29 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <4B3D1835-64BC-11D9-8C27-000D93AD26C8@tntluoma.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: FreeBSD-Questions Questions , macosx-support@yahoogroups.com From: Timothy Luoma Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:06:26 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: Mac/FreeBSD shared drive, which filesystem to choose X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:06:30 -0000 I have an external firewire drive that I would like to use both with my Powerbook (Mac OS X 10.3.7) and FreeBSD 5.3. Ideally I would like read/write access from both machines. Is there a filesystem that both OSes can read? The only one I know of is FAT32, which (IIRC) isn't a good choice on large drives. Thoughts appreciated TjL