I strongly dislike moving removable disks between computers, especially with differing operating systems. I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever. On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 11:38 AM Pierre Emerald <pierre.emerald at gmail.com> wrote: > What about exfat ? > > 2019年11月30日(土) 18:10 Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>: > > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 05:19:44PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > One of my clients has a mixed Linux/Mac OS/Windows environment in his > > office. > > > He just purchased a 4 TB external hard disk, which he intends to use on > > his > > > various workstations. > > > > > > Up until recently, I've been using plain old MBR/FAT for hard disks in > > mixed > > > environments. Fire up fdisk, make one big 0b type partition, and then > > format it > > > using mkdosfs. > > > > > > Unfortunately, there's a 2 TB limit to that. > > > > > > Of course, I could still use a GPT partition, but then I'd still have > to > > format > > > it using a "common denominator" filesystem, e. g. FAT... which is also > > limited > > > to 2 TB as far as I know. > > > > > > So what now? Use Windows 10 to format the disk using NTFS? This, > Windows > > and > > > Linux could use it, and I'd have to check if Mac OS can manage NTFS > file > > > systems. A few years ago, it didn't. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Maybe UDF? > > > > -- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as > > the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain > > letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers > > of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online > > community. > > --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 > > ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge > > ----------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- -john r pierce recycling used bits in santa cruz