Re: Sharing data between Debian and NetBSD on the same machine

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

El 13/1/26 a las 18:27, Derrick Granowski escribió:
> Ramiro,
>
> If I recall correctly, I formatted my ext2 disk with FreeBSD and read it 
> with Linux and NetBSD... I specifically used it directly and not with 
> FUSE on NetBSD.
> I also had a data drive formatted to ext3 from years ago, and couldn't 
> tell you what Linux I used back then, but it was probably Fedora-based. 
> I was able to read that but it was noted that I shouldn't try writing it 
> since journaling and stuff wasn't available in NetBSD. I did not risk 
> much there, because that was like my life's data collection.
> I have no significant experience to say "you should absolutely use xyz 
> OS to format", so far as I have seen, with basic user usage of a FS, 
> most systems seem to handle the basic stuff like CRUD correctly.
> My recommendation with no basis and bias would be, pick the system you 
> know is going to have the most widely supported maintained tool to 
> format/repair/recover the filesystem. So I'd expect Linux to be the best 
> choice to use to format the disk.
> I'd be careful around partitioning though. I know with some USB disks 
> and SD cards, MBR versus GPT schemes make a difference in whether 
> Windows and Mac OS can read FAT systems correctly. I'm not sure how that 
> stuff affects ext2 reliability...
>
> Cheers.

Hello,

I have finally choosen the EXT2 filesystem. I have formated the USB WD 
Elements 2TB drive from Linux in ext2 filesystem. I have rsynced all 
files to it, no problems with large and diabolic file names. I have 
mounted the partition on NetBSD just fine using the system mount 
command, not the fuse one. Adjusted fstab in both NetBSD and Debian 
systems. I have tested reading files from NetBSD and works fast and 
smooth. In the next days I will continue using it from NetBSD and 
writing extensively on the filesystem.

Thanks to all.
Regards.