Re: debian format usb drive that a Mac likes
On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:48:54 -0600, "Martin McCormick"
martin.m@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> If one is on a debian system and formatting a usb drive
> that will be recognized by a Mac, I know that xfs is usually
> a good choice for the file system but what type of partition
> are we supposed to use to enclose that xfs file system?
I know from personal experience that Macs recognize FAT32
(read/write) and NTFS (read only) - but not ext3.
> I know if you plug a linux thumb drive in to a Mac, the
> Mac says it can't read the disk and immediately offers to
> initialize it for you.
This behaviour goes all the way back to the original
classic Mac in the mid-'80s; back then they would even
eagerly offer to format FAT16 disks created on an MS-DOS box.
Death to impure file systems!
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