Hi all, use ntfs-3g http://www.ntfs-3g.org/
All the best, Dan On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex wrote: >> Hey, all i am looking for some advice, i use my Macbook pro as my >> primary laptop and would like to have an external drive that is >> Read/Writable by OSX/Linux/Windows any suggestions?.. i'm looking for >> something better then FAT32 but i think im asking for to much already.. >> >> it would be nice if Apple and Microsoft would agree apon a open source >> standard file system for 3rd party drives.. i hate using FAT on any >> thing over 100gb >> > Good luck with that. Apple is as bad if not worse than Microsoft. > >> Also can any one clear up some misconceptions i might have on EXT2.. >> i heard if you are using EXT2 and the power goes.. that there is a GOOD >> chance the partition of the drive would be corrupted.. >> is this true? is it really more volitile then FAT? > > No, neither FAT nor EXT2 are journaled, which means that this can happen > to either of them. If power is interrupted for example, both ext2 and > fatN can get corrupted. NTFS, EXT3, Reiser3/4, are examples of > journaled file systems which can resist corruption in these cases. It > is important to note that journaled file systems are not immune to these > problems, they are just *resistant* to them. >> >> one of the reasons i ask is there is a EXT2 kernel mod for OSX so i >> COULD use an ext2 filesystem on my external hardrives.. >> > I use ext2 on most of my flash and usb hard drives. There is a decent > windows drivers (google for ext2 and ifs) but it sometimes requires a > reboot to recognize a removable device. I also use NTFS as there is now > some decent read/write support for NTFS these days. > >> Also i have been thinking of investing into a NAS to solve alot of these >> delema's granted its not as portable, but if i could find a NAS that >> supports USB drives with ext3 this would solve ALOT of my problems... > > At home, I have mostly Linux machines with 2 Windows boxes. I share > everything over the network which alleviates most of these problems. > Mac OS, Windows, and Linux all have excellent support for CIFS and SMB. > What this means for you is that a NAS box is probably your best bet. > I have a Dlink DNS-323 here that works quite well with Linux and > Windows. It should be fine on a Mac, but YMMV. >> >> suggestions? > <flame bait> > Don't use a Mac? It may be pretty but it is still a jail. > </flame bait> > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- One thing you can be sure of. If you throw a loaded gun in monkey cage, something bad is going to happen. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
