This makes the external HDD readable on the Linux PC. When I am in Disk Utility, Erase tab, I have the option to erase the disk with an MS-DOS File System Volume Format, which I have done. I have been informed that if I reformat the drive into a single FAT partition, I will be able to write to it from the Linux OS on my PC, and I have done the research to figure out how to use my Mac laptop to do this, but I don't seem to have that option. However, I am having trouble getting the Linux OS to recognize my external HDD. To be more specific about my predicament, I currently have a desktop PC and a Mac laptop, but my version of Windows XP has crashed an I am using a Linux boot disk to try and recover the files from the PC internal hard drive.
It will not be used for any large files, but rather a lot of smaller files. I am aware of the file transfer size limitations of the FAT format. The mac I am using is a 3.5 year old ibook, mac osx version 10.3.9.
