On 14/06/16 22:14, David Sommerseth wrote:
> 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.

Just some more details:

<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11928982/what-is-the-difference-between-vfat-and-fat32-file-systems>

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kind regards,

David Sommerseth