Linux can be installed on almost any machine, even Mac G4.
#CREATE PARTITION FOR EXT3 FILESYSTEM FOR USB MAC INSTALL#
(Free:) Maybe there’s some old machine lying around that is too slow to work with these days, but it still works: Great! Install Linux on it. If you think a new machine is a nice treat, consider buying a good one so you can also use it for making your DCPs. (Will cost you more than software that enables your current OS to read and write ext2/3:) Buy a simple pc and install Linux on it.
But it might be difficult to access the drive where your DCP(s) resides. You now have a full working Linux machine with which you can format your storage ext3. (Free:) Create a live Linux CD, DVD or USB from a downloaded image and start your computer (Mac or pc) from it. These are the options if you decide to go for Linux: You still need a way to read and write to ext2/3 from the OS that you made your DCP with.Ī better option is to have Linux and use it to format ext2 or ext3, and make that Linux machine able to read the disk that your DCP is on. But this jumps only one of the two hurdles. With this you can format the disk in ext2 or ext3. It is a Linux program that you can run from a USB or CD-ROM drive without the need to install Linux. Check if the software has good references, you better not pay for something not worth it. This might cost you a few bucks but will save you a LOT of time. The best thing is to get software that enables you to read AND write to ext3 from Windows or Mac. This way you will not have the difficulty getting your OS read and write to ext2/3. NTFS is native Windows file system and there is an easy way to make OSX/MacOS read and write NTFS as well. If you have to make one disk for one festival or one theatre it is worth asking them if they can accept NTFS disks, as this is a lot easier for you.
Quite some cinema servers can read NTFS disks.
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