[WinMac] RE: Sneaker Drive Format

From: Glen Mark Martin (GLENMARK[at]utxvms.cc.utexas.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 17 2003 - 10:36:44 EDT

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    Antony N. Lord [antonylord@mac.com] wrote:
    >I have a small LAN (OS 9 / OS X / Win XP) which Retrospect looks after.
    ...
    >Is there a HD format that all the above platforms can read...

    The least common denominator filesystem for these three operating systems would
    be Windows' FAT32.

    Without 3rd party software, Windows systems cannot read HFS filesystems, and
    Macs cannot read NTFS filesystems, but either can read FAT32.

    Glen Mark Martin
    ITS-Systems Windows Enterprise Support
    University of Texas at Austin
    (but speaking strictly for myself)

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