On May 4, 2014 6:21:57 PM EDT, James Knott
There are (artificial) size limitations that Microsoft started enforcing in Winxp and Forward. Win 2k could read these, but they dropped support for that in later os.
These larger devices do work per the spec, but which microsoft won't let you format so as to force you to use a later version of fat, (which is still under patent
John Andersen wrote: protection). I think
Linux will let you use these larger sizes with fat32, but they may not be readable
Given that USB drives often come formatted with NTFS, that might also be an option. Linux can read & write it and, as Macs are Unix based, they should be able to handle it too.
Believe it or not, but I'm pretty sure Macs don't gracefully handle ntfs. You can get them to, but they don't have ntfs-3g or equivalent by default. I faced this a couple years ago when I was trying to get a bunch of data off a Mac. I did not find a graceful solution. Greg -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org