Semi newbie question

[GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1]

David Chart wrote:

> GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1 wrote:
>
>> David Chart wrote:
>>
>>> GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1 wrote:
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>>>> What's the best way to share an osx partition while running ydl?  
>>>> The machine is a B&W G3 400 Mhz, 80Gb HD, 896 Mb RAM running ydl 
>>>> 3.0.1 and os 10.3.5.  Here is the line I'm using in my fstab file 
>>>> to mount the partition:
>>>>
>>>> /dev/hda10 /home/doug/osx hfs defaults 0 0
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't produce the results I was hoping for.  I basically want 
>>>> to be able to share files between ydl and osx.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The OSX partition is HFS+, right? You'll need to enable HFS+ support 
>>> in the kernel. The instructions are on the YDL website -- it's 
>>> supposed to be easy in 3.0.1. (I've never done it, because I keep a 
>>> separate 1 gig HFS partition for moving files. On occasion, that 
>>> empty partition, which can be wiped and used for other things 
>>> without damaging my system, has been a life-saver.)
>>>
>> Thanks David, I will give that a shot.  I just assumed that it was 
>> HFS. I also have an OS9 partition on the drive, should it be HFS+ also?
>
>
> Probably. That's the default option, so if you didn't deliberately 
> change it, it will be.
>
> Just a warning: if you have OSX 10.3 or higher, the OSX partition is 
> probably journalled. The Linux support for that is, apparently, still 
> experimental, and the recommendation, last I heard, was not to write 
> to such disks from Linux. You might be better off working through the 
> OS 9 partition, which shouldn't be journalled (since OS 9 can't do it).
>
>>  I'm actually more of a stranger to Mac stuff than Linux, so would I 
>> be better off just creating a plain ol' HFS partition like you 
>> mentioned?
>>
>
> Not if you're more comfortable in Linux. I did it that way because it 
> was easier for me to make the fixes on the Mac side; if you're more 
> comfortable in Linux it's probably easier to set up HFS+ reading.
>
Yep, read the How-To and it's now mounted properly.  Of course the same 
as Olaf, I can't write to the drive.  I've had problems for years trying 
to figure out permissions in Linux.  Sometimes I get lucky and they 
work, sometimes not...

Doug