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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / August 2004Permissions for writing to external HD
Just connected an MPD (SI-2163/64) 200 gig external hard disk to my old G4 running OS 10.3.5. I was expecting to use this to port large files between my home Mac and the work PC. I was able to write some files to this disk from the PC but when I tried to write from my Mac I found that I had read-only permission. 'Get info' 'Ownership & permissions' for the disk tells me 'You can only read' with no options for changing. I can read OK from the disk. 'Get Info' also tells me that the format is 'Windows NT File System'. Is this the problem? I have done some looking around on the web with no success. I shall continue looking for a solution but perhaps someone out there knows the answer. TIA > Just connected an MPD (SI-2163/64) 200 gig external hard disk to my old G4 > running OS 10.3.5. I was expecting to use this to port large files between [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 'Get Info' also tells me that the format is 'Windows NT File System'. Is > this the problem? Yes it is! NTFS in all of its variants is currently Read-only. If you want a portable HD to have the most out of the box compatability, format it as FAT32. This can be read by OSX, Windows(duh!) and Linux  Signaturejohn in sydney Mandrake Linux 10.0, Kernel version: 2.6.5-1.tmb.5mdk OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/3E4A902F B38A AB0F 8658 D9E1 4900 3050 08FA D4FA 3E4A 902F On 28/8/04 9:44 PM, in article 41308c57$0$19413$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-01.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au >> Just connected an MPD (SI-2163/64) 200 gig external hard disk to my old G4 >> running OS 10.3.5. I was expecting to use this to port large files between [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > This can be read by OSX, Windows(duh!) and Linux Wow, that was quick. Thanks john in sydney. How come, then, I was able to write to it from the PC at work (I have to admit I didn't notice which Windows version is installed - post '98 anyway - lack of interest in PC stuff, I guess). Does it mean the work comp is NT? Thanks again. > Wow, that was quick. Thanks john in sydney. > > How come, then, I was able to write to it from the PC at work (I have to > admit I didn't notice which Windows version is installed - post '98 anyway > - lack of interest in PC stuff, I guess). Does it mean the work comp is > NT? Yes, of one variant or another. NTFS is owned by Microsoft, and they guard the specs to the format extremely zealously! Signaturejohn in sydney Mandrake Linux 10.0, Kernel version: 2.6.5-1.tmb.5mdk OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/3E4A902F B38A AB0F 8658 D9E1 4900 3050 08FA D4FA 3E4A 902F On 28/8/04 10:15 PM, in article 41309184$0$18328$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au >> Wow, that was quick. Thanks john in sydney. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Yes, of one variant or another. NTFS is owned by Microsoft, and they guard > the specs to the format extremely zealously! OK. I reformatted in MS-DOS File System using Disk Utility and everything's fine here. Should be OK for the work PC I guess. Thanks binky > > Wow, that was quick. Thanks john in sydney. > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Yes, of one variant or another. NTFS is owned by Microsoft, and they guard > the specs to the format extremely zealously! When you format in FAT32 in DOS, how large a partition can you make? Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller > Just connected an MPD (SI-2163/64) 200 gig external hard disk to my old G4 > running OS 10.3.5. I was expecting to use this to port large files between [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I have done some looking around on the web with no success. I shall continue > looking for a solution but perhaps someone out there knows the answer. You really didn't look very far :D http://www.google.com/search?q=OS+X+NTFS&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 While 10.3.5 has 'better support' for NTFS, it's still read-only access, which really BLOWS :( If the files aren't super-huge, although, if you needed a 200GB drive, they sound like they might be large audio/video files, you could consider burning to CD or DVD as an alternative. Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller |
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