Re: common 'shareable' partiion between MacOS9.2, Linux, and XP?
- From: Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 01:31:18 GMT
In article <Qy7Ce.77884$Fv.63305@lakeread01>,
dave <tool_box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> thinking of setting up a small in-home file server, probably based on
> samba (or maybe some lighter-weight, simpler app/system, IF I can find
> one).
>
> are there =any= hard drive partion TYPES that can be 'directly written
> to' and 'copied from' (non-destructively) by all three OS'es named in
> the header? the goal is just to get files from and write files TO the
> partition (nearly all simple html pages and jpg images, for
> 'lightweight' websites)
>
> if there -isn't- an "odinarily commonly accessable' partition type,
> what'd be my simplest hack (workaround) to do this? there's gotta be one
> <right?> freeware-type 'approaches' prefered :-)
>
> links to sites discussing answers to this question also much appreciated
> (IF they exist)
>
> thanks for info :-)
If you are fronting the file system with a file server, then it is the
protocol that counts, and the file system itself can be whatever makes
the file server happy.
However, since you mentioned MacOS9.2, then you will need to support
more than one protocol, as MacOS9.2 does not directly support SMB/CIFS
(aka Samba). You will need either AppleShare's AFP protocol on the
server, or you will need to buy something like Dave, from Thursby
Systems <http://thursby.com>. The MacOS9.2 might also be able to use
WebDAV to mount a volume.
If you really do mean directly mounting the shared volume _WITHOUT_ a
file server arbitrating access to the disk, then FAT32 is most likely
the answer, as all 3 of your mentioned OS's can mount that. _HOWEVER_,
only one OS at a time can directly mount the raw file system, where I'm
thinking Firewire or USB 2 attached, or an internal disk and you
tri-boot your system.
Back to the file server idea. Do you know what you would be using as
your file server? MacOSX can offer up IP based AppleShare support _AND_
SMB/CIFS support for any of the file systems attached to it.
If it is a Linux system you can run Samba (for MacOSX or Linux) _AND_
EtherTalk (for the MacOS9.2 or MacOSX systems).
Bob Harris
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