From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 17 06:36:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A81416A41A for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:36:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-63.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-63.bluehost.com [69.89.21.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1BA1213C45A for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:36:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 12139 invoked by uid 0); 17 Dec 2007 06:36:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 17 Dec 2007 06:36:01 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J49a5-0003zH-EE for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:36:01 -0700 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBH6ZxIn036261 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:36:00 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lBH6Zx69036260 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:35:59 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:35:59 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20071217063559.GB33846@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} Subject: common filesystem for Linux and FreeBSD 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, 17 Dec 2007 06:36:02 -0000 I'm planning a reinstall on my laptop from scratch (making sure I have an up-to-date backup first, of course) as soon as there's a 7.0-RELEASE available, in which I will reorganize the filesystem and set up a FreeBSD and Linux dual-boot system. While the bulk of my work will be done on the FreeBSD side of things, some of my work (and, for that matter, some of my play) requires that I keep other OSes around as well. That being the case, there is some data I would like to keep available to both FreeBSD and Linux systems, in stable read/write access with reasonably high access performance for both (fast enough to achieve decent frame rates, for instance). This seems to rule out both ext3 and UFS2. What filesystem(s) meet(s) my needs in this case? The shared filesystems will be nothing but data and configuration files, likely mounted in /usr/home (on FreeBSD) and /home (on whatever Linux distro I settle on -- probably Debian), so concerns about things like bootability and binary compatibility aren't really at issue. A Wine directory will almost certainly need to be shared between the two, however. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Paul Graham: "Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to build programs out of the wrong concepts."