just be aware
if you use a fat32, ntfs, udf formatted drive you may encounter
problem with the long file names & file info/resource fork
loosing that fork means applications do not recognise their own files
anymore & your have to rename them first
os x.4.10 tends to classify unknown files as unix exec file.......
if the external hd is used with & for macintosh you should use the hfs
+ format
make the test with a memory stick....
James
On 10/09/2007, at 19:17, Ashley Mulder wrote:
Hi all
doing some research on external hard drives
basically the ole man is looking at getting around 250gig hard
drive in
a (preferably) firewire case
does it have to be a MacOS formatted drive or can it be a generic type
thats non-formatted or formatted to NTFS (windows)?
what sort of prices are we looking at?
cheers
Ashley Mulder
Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry)
Curtin University of Technology
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