Re: Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write

On Apr 1, 2007, at 12:53 PM, mal content wrote:

Hello.

I have a small USB hard disk enclosure and would like to start
using it to transfer files between OS X and FreeBSD machines.

Is there a filesystem that both OS X and FreeBSD can reliably
read and write to? I've heard that OS X supports UFS, but there's
no clear definition on what UFS actually is. I mean Free/Open/Net/
DragonFly all seem to have slightly differing definitions...

Any ideas?
MC

(please cc: as I'm not subscribed)

My recommendation would be to use *gasp* FAT32 for the file system. This allows you FreeBSD/MacOSX/Linux/ and the occasional Windows support when you eventually need it. If you only need OS X/FreeBSD support, UFS is safe. IIRC, UFS2 is safe, as well. I've got a drive I'm using that I think is UFS2 formatted. I'd check, but it's at the office.
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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks


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