November 2005
Beginner to intermediate
528 pages
24h 11m
English
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Other Supported Filesystem Formats
Mac OS X can recognize and work with several local filesystem formats beyond UFS and HFS+, as listed in Table 9-1.
Table 9-1. Mac OS X’s supported filesystem formats
|
Filesystem type |
Description |
|
HFS+ |
Mac OS Extended Format. The standard filesystem format for Mac OS Versions 8.1 and later (including Mac OS X). |
|
HFS |
Mac OS Standard Format. Used by Mac OS versions prior to 8.1. |
|
UFS |
Universal File System, used by most Unix-based systems. |
|
UDF |
Universal disk format, used by DVDs. |
|
ISO 9660 |
Used by CD-ROMs. |
|
FAT |
Used primarily by DOS and older versions of Windows, sometimes other media (such as some digital cameras). |
|
FAT32 |
Used by newer versions of Windows. |
|
NFS |
The Network File System (see “Chapter 10). |
This list doesn’t include the remote filesystems that Mac OS X can mount as network-shared volumes.
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