As Tom says, the standard, the only standard, for a DCP delivery drive is EXT2 with node size of 128.

Some systems with certain firmware may sometimes ingest from drives of other formats, but why take a chance.

You are attempting to do a very professional maneuver. Follow the standards.

I wrote an article that describes the process of putting Ubuntu on a Mac and formatting a drive, then describes formatting the drive. It may be more than you need. Because I am a chatty writer, it is long and detailed…and chatty and presuming you know nothing. Perhaps it would be helpful. There are others on the web that presume other levels skill. 

<http://dcinematools.com/index.php/advices/92-consultants/1835-the-dcp-usb-on-a-mac-cinetechgeek-to-digital-cinema-tools>

Good luck. Let us know how it turns out.

C J
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On Oct 19, 2016, at 12:42 000PM, Tom Haines via DCPomatic <dcpomatic@carlh.net> wrote:

The industry standard format for DCP drives is EXT2 with an inode size of 128. I would think that the Ex-FAT format is the issue.

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Evan Schwenterly via DCPomatic <dcpomatic@carlh.net> wrote:
Hi there! I am using the most current version of DCP-O-Matic on a Mac system.

Following the instructions I authored a feature-length DCP to a mac formatted drive. Everything seems to check out.

The projectionist at the theater reported that the drive would not work at all (due to their system being a PC). I then created an Ex-FAT drive with the same DCP package files, but the Projectionist reported his system could not see any packages present to load.

What should I do? We have an important screening in a few days. I do not have access to a PC - is there any way that I can create a workable DCP using a mac?

Regards,
Evan

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