HFS+ volumes under Linux?

Alexander Schrieken mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Wed, 15 May 2002 16:59:31 +0200


On Tue, 14 May 2002 10:35:53 -0600,
dpates@dsdk12.net (Derrik Pates) wrote:


>> I've recently installed SuSE Linux on my
>> PowerMac 7200. Now I'd like to mount the MacOS
>> partitions (HFS+) of the HD, so I can access my
>> data.
>> 
>> Is this possible in Linux, and if so, how do I
>> go about it?
>
>You can install the HFS+ tools for (read only)
>access to HFS+ partitions. There's a kernel
>module in development to read HFS+ filesystems,
>but it's still pretty early in development. Look
>through your available packages for 'hfsplus' or
>'hfsplus-utils' or something else to that effect
>(I use Debian, so I don't really know what the
>SuSE equivalent would be).
>
>Derrik Pates

Thanx Derrik!

I'll check the packages -- and wait for the kernel
module, as far as writing to HFS+ partitions is
concerned.

Regards,




Alexander Schrieken			  		    Amsterdam	
alx@spidernet.nl				  the Netherlands