I want to format a USB external disk using OSX's diskutil command-line utility, and I want to use a format for this that plays well with Ubuntu.
The relevant format options I get from running diskutil listFilesystems are:
ExFAT
MS-DOS FAT
MS-DOS FAT12
MS-DOS FAT16
MS-DOS FAT32
Mac OS Extended
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
If I had to guess, I'd pick Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive). (I read somewhere that Linux systems don't like FSs with the "journaled" option, but I don't know if this [still] true.)
Is there a better choice as far as Ubuntu-compatibility is concerned?
Best Answer
Through the Disk Utility UI (OS X 10) I just formatted a 32gb USB to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case sensitive) and my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS can read the files on it.