On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:13:29 -0500 "Andrew Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I couldn't help myself. During lunch, I found a 3.5" 1TB SATA > internal HD **and** a USB2 HD enclosure for SATA drives on sale at > large % discounts. It was more than I could resist. > > The operating systems in my home include FreeBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X and > Windows XP Pro. If I want all of these systems to be able to read > and write to the drive, what file system should I use? I know fat32 > is pretty universal, but is it advisable? There is also NTFS through ntfs-3g ,which is available for all of the above (sysutils/fusefs-ntfs on FreeBSD). Having a native Windows filesystem is sensible on a portable drive, and fat32 is not a great filesystem. http://www.ntfs-3g.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
