mikeh Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Anyhoo, I have Linux, Windows XP and OS X running all together happily in partitions. I want to set aside a partition (around 30gig) for Music, Videos and Work. I would ideally like all 3 OSs to be able to access the files, and to read and write to the HDD. If this isn't possible, I would want OS X and Windows to be able to do it. I am using Acronis to handle all my partitioning, so what type of file system should I use. I think OS X can't write to NTFS, so that's probably not an option, but what are the other options. Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19750-disc-format-compatibility/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandiztxu Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Anyhoo, I have Linux, Windows XP and OS X running all together happily in partitions. I want to set aside a partition (around 30gig) for Music, Videos and Work. I would ideally like all 3 OSs to be able to access the files, and to read and write to the HDD. If this isn't possible, I would want OS X and Windows to be able to do it. I am using Acronis to handle all my partitioning, so what type of file system should I use. I think OS X can't write to NTFS, so that's probably not an option, but what are the other options. Any help would be appreciated. Get MacDrive and you will be able to access OSX partion via Windows To write on NTFS I don't know well but on linux there's ways of doing this (But is not secure you can damage your NTFS partion) I don't know if Linux can write on HFS+ too FAT32 both Linux and OSX can write, but the files on FAT32 Have a limit size of 4GB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19750-disc-format-compatibility/#findComment-129606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 FAT32 should be perfect. Windows can read and write FAT32 can't it? The 4GB limit should be no problem, it is all music files and the occasional DivX video file. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19750-disc-format-compatibility/#findComment-129620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandiztxu Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 For me is, because I made DVD's here and when I write the ISO it gets more than 4.3gb so its a problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19750-disc-format-compatibility/#findComment-129689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooZberg Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 An other way to solve the problem: Use EXT3 (Linux file system), read/write in OS X and Linux And using http://www.fs-driver.org/ you can read/write from windows as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19750-disc-format-compatibility/#findComment-131458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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