making hfs files systems

Wed Jul 10 08:50:01 2002

	I don't know if I understood your question right, but if you want 
to create an HFS filesystem on an empty partition all you have to do is 
boot into Mac OS and have it erased through the Finder's erase command. 
O.K., maybe you'll first have to use pdisk at the command line in Linux 
to create a partition the Mac OS will see and try to mount (and 
therefore give you the reformatting options for it). Try issuing "pdisk 
-l /dev/hdX" to your drive and you will get a listing of your partition 
map. Follow what it says for the valid HFS partitions (the ones on which 
you *use* Mac OS) and all that should be left is to reformat it once 
booted into Mac OS.

	Hope that helps. If you need tips for working with pdisk then don't 
hesitate to ask! Regards,...

		Juan.

On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at 08:55  AM, John Klinck wrote:

>
>   I would like to use a spare partition on my system disk as a way to 
> transfer
> between macos and linux. I have looked all over for a means to create 
> an hfs
> (not hfs plus) file system on this partition. I have looked around 
> apple and
> various shareware archives for some sort of macos9 software to do this. 
> From the
> man pages, mkfs, fdisk, parted and so forth can not create hfs or hfs+ 
> file
> systems.
>
>   system: Ti powerbook, tripleboot, ydl2.2
>
>   What software on macos9 (9.2) or macosX (10.1.5) can I use to create 
> the hfs
> system?
>
>   I was reluctant to use the macos install cdroms for fear of gumming 
> up my
> current setup.
>
>   Sorry to ask a slightly off topic question. Thanks in advance for the 
> help.
>
>   John
>
> John M. Klinck
> Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
> Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
> Old Dominion University
> Norfolk, Virginia 23529
> phone: 757 683-6005, fax: 757 683-5550 email: klinck@ccpo.odu.edu
>
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