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> Fat32
> The classic "cross platform" format, unless MS goes patent crazy. 5.x 
> has reportedly imported Apple APSL code for improved functionality. Best 
> bet?

  I'd say so.

> Ext2
> Mac drivers are at sourceforge and are reportedly stable. FreeBSD side 
> would probably need sparse superblocks turned off as per Michael Lucas' 
> "compat_linux the Hard Way" at onlamp (point compat_linux at a real RH 
> install).

  I've not tried that one, but it could be an option.

> It sounds like Darwin UFS may never sync with FreeBSD because of the 
> work that would be involved.

  The other issue with UFS is that FreeBSD uses the endian of the host
system, so you can't share a UFS volume between FreeBSD/PPC
and FreeBSD/x86.

later,

Peter.