On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:48:54 -0600, "Martin McCormick" marti...@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! -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Microsoft is a dictatorship. \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult. X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy. / \ if you read it the right way. | Pick your poison.
