Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:06:04 -0500 From: Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com> To: "lumiwa@gmail.com" <lumiwa@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Buffalo Firewire 1TB HD Message-ID: <9189F012-44E1-424B-A612-1EB257F90945@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1909751.OiLaBfRKrT@lumiwa.farms.net> References: <5653617.MEWqcFTqsU@lumiwa.farms.net> <12578543.1HCP5gAiFf@lumiwa.farms.net> <9DD4CA4C-A7F6-476B-B575-E576DA06C261@gmail.com> <1909751.OiLaBfRKrT@lumiwa.farms.net>
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Got it. If it's a Mac, then NTFS won't be natively supported =E2=80=93 howev= er, I think exFAT is (Basically, FAT without the archaic limits). If you'd like to format it as UFS, follow this tutorial to let the Mac view i= t through FUSE: https://wiki.gutzmann.com/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile#= content/view/6651931 If you want to use exFAT, you can do something like this to get exFAT suppor= t in FreeBSD: pkg install fusefs-exfat echo 'fuse_enable=3D"YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf reboot --Matt > On Mar 28, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Ajtim <lumiwa@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 >> On Friday 28 March 2014 10:07:32 Matthew Pherigo wrote: >> Hey, >>=20 >> FAT32 can't handle files over 4 GB. What are the other computers that you= >> want to connect to? If your concern is compatibility with Windows, you ma= y >> have to format with NTFS to not be hit by stupid filesystem limits. >>=20 >> Also, remember that if you aren't planning to use the device in non-BSD >> systems anytime soon, and you're only formatting it like that 'just in >> case', remember that there are FUSE drivers for everything (ZFS on Window= s? >> Sure!), which means any operating system can read your chosen filesystem i= f >> you can install FUSE. So, for example, if the drive would only ever be >> plugged into a non-BSD computer in the case of some tech disaster needing= >> recovery of the files, the many benefits of a UFS/ZFS filesystem far >> outweighs the negatives of needing a FUSE translation layer. :) >>=20 >> --Matt >=20 > I have an iMac 11,1 computer with OS X and FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE installed.= I=20 > use FreeBSD 90% or more and OS X just for listening music and converting v= ideo=20 > files which on FreeBSD with ffmpeg I have problems. I have external hard d= rive=20 > from the subject on which I have one partition for OS X backup and other I= =20 > like to use for both. I have many video files on FreeBSD which I want to c= opy=20 > on external drive and than use them on OS X. >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > --=20 > ajtiM > -------- > http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa
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