Getting an external Firewire HD...how to format to best share between win2000 and OSX?

[Coldfusion]

Getting an external Firewire drive. I'd like to share the drive between OS X and Windows 2000. What filesystem should be installed on the drive so that both OSes can see it?

Thanks
Chris

 

[Lord Evermore]

The file system on the drive itself is of no consequence. The network code that allows you to access files on another computer will "translate" the files for you. OSX won't be actually accessing the drive, it's just sending a request to the Windows machine to retrieve and then relay the data.

Oh, this does of course assume you have networking and file sharing functionality between the two machines, since by default, I assume an OSX system can't be part of a "Windows network" and requires additional configuration (similar to SAMBA in Linux).

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Lord Evermore
The file system on the drive itself is of no consequence. The network code that allows you to access files on another computer will "translate" the files for you. OSX won't be actually accessing the drive, it's just sending a request to the Windows machine to retrieve and then relay the data.

Unless he is physically disconnecting the drive from one machine and connecting it to the other.

Oh, this does of course assume you have networking and file sharing functionality between the two machines, since by default, I assume an OSX system can't be part of a "Windows network" and requires additional configuration (similar to SAMBA in Linux).

Surprise! Mac OS X can connect to smb networks without extra software! Sharing I believe takes SAMBA or Dave or something (atleast in earlier versions of OS X). Domain setup takes a little extra work, but simple file sharing between SMB/NFS servers and a Mac OS X machine is as simple as typing in a username, password, and location

Mac OS X should be able to read FAT32, and 10.2 *may* be able to read NTFS. Windows has les functionality in that it cannot read any but a small number of filesystems. Fromat it NTFS (or do a search on goodle about this) and see if the Mac can access it. If not, format it FAT32 and report results