Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:44:44 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: rob1940@gmail.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: WD External Disc Drive Message-ID: <4AE599BC.3090104@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <aab0909a0910260437m1530fd8av7071fb45e638c75e@mail.gmail.com> References: <aab0909a0910251718q4dc26baeu7c0a452add98d783@mail.gmail.com> <20091026110905.f802174a.freebsd@edvax.de> <aab0909a0910260437m1530fd8av7071fb45e638c75e@mail.gmail.com>
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Rob Hurle wrote: > > > Thanks for your comments too, about use of the FAT32 file system. I > had thought about that, but the NTFS seemed to be a bit more universal > - I'm not sure that FAT file systems are recognised by default on Macs > (for example). > > FAT (and almost to the same extent, FAT32) are widely recognizable: FreeBSD, Windows, Linux, OS X. The most important limitation though is maximum file size (<=4GB). Depending on your usage, FAT32 may or may not be appropriate because of this.
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