On 14/06/16 20:16, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 06/14/2016 03:09 AM, David Sommerseth wrote:
>> On 14/06/16 00:15, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>>> On 6/10/16 2:20 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
[...snip...]
> 
> I should have said GPT partition with HFS+ format.
> 
> I am basically looking for a shared format that will
> accommodate large file transfers.

How large?

> And OSx doesn't support NTFS write.  The fuse is a paid
> service and I would not want to install it on every Apple
> I see, even if there is a 14 day trial.  NTFS-3G is supported,
> but I can't find a download for MAC for my life.  (They point
> you to the paid version.)

Uhh!?  <https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse> ... there's build
instructions right there.  Shouldn't need to cost a dime.  Unless I'm
ignoring some other details, but my general impression is that the code
is available.

> I don't have an Apple either. Apple does not allow you to
> use a virtual machine of OSx, unless the base system is
> Apple hardware (not going to happen).
> 
> I am seeing a lot more Apple computers out there since
> the advent of Frankenstein and Sons (Windows 8 and Nein,
> oops, 10).  I personally find OSx to be excruciatingly weird,
> but I need to eat, so I will work on anything folks are willing
> to pay for.  (I make a lot of money off M$'s endless quality,
> security, and reliability issues.)
> 
> I prefer to work on Linux, but most of my customer's are small
> business and they need their Windows to run their apps.
> I have a few Linux server and workstations out there.
> And, my shop is Linux.  (I just don't have the patience to
> fight with Windows on my own system after fighting with
> it all day on my customer's machines.)

I don't know if I'm just overlooking something in what you write.  But
why do you not just reformat the drive with {,ex,v}FAT file system and
be done with it?  That should be supported out-of-the box on most of the
OSes you work with.  I generally have had no interoperability issues
with vfat for many years.

For FAT32 based file systems (which I believe vfat in Linux classifies
under), the file size limit is 4GB, IIRC.


--
kind regards,

David Sommerseth