One of the big changes from moving from the Linux kernel to BSD is the device naming system, so I have pretty much gotten the habit of manually mounting/umounting when needed.
For the filesystem question, I usually use ext2- compatible with linux, bsd, and write support on a msft operating system is slowly reaching a stable state. I dojn't believe darwin has ext2/3 support by default, but i might me wrong. the only issues i've had with fat32 are naming limitations, its 4gb limitation, and setting file ownerships. On 3/28/06, Luke Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > > > I have a question to the community about removable drives, pendrives > > and usb and firewire attached hard drives. I'm just wondering how > > people are dealing with them in FreeBSD. I don't have any operational > > problems with them. I'm just wondering if I'm doing things the hard > > way. > > > > First Question: Which filesystem are people using on usb flash drives > > and removable hard drives? I'm using a mixture of ufs2, ext2, and > > msdos. I'm using ufs2 because I'm also using cfs to encrypt the > > contents and although I haven't tested this, I'm fairly certain cfs > > want's semantics that aren't in the msdos filesystem. > > I use msdosfs because I use my portable devices with MS Windows systems > and digital cameras frequently, and I need compatibility more than > anything else. > > > Second Question: Are most people using vfs_usermount=1? I'm using the > > automounter. It's a little bit more work to setup but I'm using a > > laptop and since I've started to use the automounter the number of > > times that I've had to fsck my removable drive because I've suspended > > my laptop with a pendrive still attached and mounted has been reduced > > incredibly. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --- Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"