Fedora 11 and MAC external drive

[Ed Greshko]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Mick M. wrote:
>   
>> Hello list;
>>  I have a friend that has a Mac laptop.
>> We want to share an external USB drive.
>>
>> How should I format the drive?
>> He says that Snow Leopard 10.5 cannot R/W NTFS.
>> I tried searching the web with no luck.
>> I know nothing about Apple products.
>>
>>   
>>     
> I don't know anything about Apple products either.....  But, for one,
> NTFS would never come to my mind with regards to Linux or Apple.  NTFS
> being a MS invention would be a key indicator of Apple's desire to
> support NTFS. 
>
> Using google, one can find out about Apple products.  I used it for a
> short time just now....  Seems that the default file system for Leopard
> is/was HFS+.  They may be (did?) switch to ZFS.  (I didn't do extensive
> research for you....)
>
> HFS+ support is available in Fedora.  So, I would probably go with that.
>
>   
Ooops....  "Minor" problem

The Linux kernel does not support writing to HFS+ journals, writing
to a hfsplus partition is recommended only after disabling
journaling; however, the kernel, as of version 2.6.16, supports
case-sensitivity (also known as HFSX) commit.

So, maybe FAT is "better" after all....


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