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post #1 of 9
1/3/06 at 12:34am
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I have a wireless HDD storage. I was wondering what FS I can use so that both PC and Mac can read and write in it. I currently don't have a Mac but Im planning to get one of those Intel PB. I heard Mac and PC can read and write in FAT32 but it has a 4gb size limit. Any other suggestion? I don't know if Apple can write to NTFS but my experience with Linux, it can only read not write.


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post #2 of 9
1/3/06 at 1:47am
afaik, network storage would be accessed as SMB from a Mac...? for instance i can't write to an NTFS system directly connected to my Mac, but i can do as I please w/ the same drive connected to my PC and accessed thru the network. if u don't have any data on it yet i'd just play around w/ it and see if u can R/W w/ an NTFS format or not.

w/ the documentation that came w/ the drive...is there any mention as to how machines access the drive? i'm assuming it's thru a network protocol.
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post #3 of 9
1/3/06 at 2:04am
fat32 works for both read/write
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post #4 of 9
1/3/06 at 3:01am
yes, we know that. his question is in re: to a workable file system that is R/W capable and doesn't have a 4GB file size limitation.
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post #5 of 9
1/3/06 at 3:55am
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Originally Posted by triadone
afaik, network storage would be accessed as SMB from a Mac...? for instance i can't write to an NTFS system directly connected to my Mac, but i can do as I please w/ the same drive connected to my PC and accessed thru the network. if u don't have any data on it yet i'd just play around w/ it and see if u can R/W w/ an NTFS format or not.

w/ the documentation that came w/ the drive...is there any mention as to how machines access the drive? i'm assuming it's thru a network protocol.
Actually I have this(I can return this if there's something better you guys can recommend): RJ-Tech 3.5" LAN Hard Drive Enclosure HD9-U2LA

I haven't actually opened it yet (I haven't gotten the drive yet).

Right now I have a USB Enclosure that's connected through a Desktop PC and shared(so I can access it through my pc notebook wirelessly.)

I don't know if the RJ-Tech will work(or the windows shared drive), Im trying to setup the network so that I can have access to all my data through the network if/when the new intel pb/ibook will arrive, everthing will be ready.

I want a file system that can handle files > 4gb mainly because video files are like 12GB big(per file). My plan is edit the video using the PB and encode using the desktop PC(since I can leave it all night).

Any ideas?

EDIT: I don't know anything about mac networking(since I havent used one for more than 30 secs) but I know how pc networking works, dunno if it's the same or not.(Im pretty sure there are similarities and small difference).

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post #6 of 9
1/3/06 at 7:23am
u can access the shared drive via the network and your windows machine, no problem. assuming that the new intel PBs have gigabit ethernet i'd suggest that u consider gigabit networking equipment. if you're going to be working w/ 12GB files regularly it would be well worth it for wired transfers. even if you don't go gigabit, it's always faster to move data via a direct ethernet connection in my experience.

i pulled up a PDF install manual. i'm assuming u have it to. it says there's an SMB server function, which should mean that FS shouldn't matter. i guess u could pick NTFS of HFS+ and see if there's any difference.

hmmm, well perhaps the issue has been decided for u. the manual also states that it only supports FAT32. maybe some research on other NAS drives is in order?
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post #7 of 9
1/3/06 at 12:55pm

osx

I run osx86 on a second internal drive

Unfortunately, the data flow is the wrong way for what you want

You can read and transfer from NTFS into OSX (dont think there is a size limit, but I haven't gone over 4gb transfer)

what you want to do powerbook to NTFS is a no go, and you have that FAT32 partition limit - I was going to suggest multiple partitions but for your file size

maybe 10.4.5 (?) for the intel macs will be different

the only alternative I can think of, is to cut the video files, transmit, and edit together again on the desktop

I use sonyvegas for my home dvi, but I use it in the windows environment
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post #8 of 9
1/3/06 at 11:11pm
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Originally Posted by triadone
u can access the shared drive via the network and your windows machine, no problem. assuming that the new intel PBs have gigabit ethernet i'd suggest that u consider gigabit networking equipment. if you're going to be working w/ 12GB files regularly it would be well worth it for wired transfers. even if you don't go gigabit, it's always faster to move data via a direct ethernet connection in my experience.

i pulled up a PDF install manual. i'm assuming u have it to. it says there's an SMB server function, which should mean that FS shouldn't matter. i guess u could pick NTFS of HFS+ and see if there's any difference.

hmmm, well perhaps the issue has been decided for u. the manual also states that it only supports FAT32. maybe some research on other NAS drives is in order?

What PDF file whould that be?
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post #9 of 9
1/4/06 at 12:42am
the install manual which should have come w/ the enclosure i'm guessing

http://www.hotway.com.tw/download/hd9-manual.rar

the option which might work better is a drive which uses a linux ext3 FS. i've seen a few online. i just googled "NAS ext3" or "NAS enclosure ext3".
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