mounting hfs+ partitions in yellowdog, and vice versa

[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. Gill:

On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 04:03  AM, Richard.Gill@math.uu.nl 
wrote:
> I made some more progress towards mounting hfsplus partitions from YDL.

Cool -- this could become a very interesting project.

> Firstly, there actually already exists a package in YDL 3.0 called 
> hfsplusutils
>
> [... explanations snipped ...]
>
> Unfortunately the linux kernel shipped with YDL 3.0 is too old to be 
> able to use this software directly. Either one should rebuild the 
> kernel with a patch added, or one should replace the kernel with a 
> newer one e.g. from
>
> <http://www.ppckernel.org/>
>
> In that case one may as well go for a kernel specially compiled for 
> your own architecture, in my case iBook...
>
> I will report on the succes or otherwise of this adventure later... It 
> seems that it ought not to be too difficult... [famous last words]...

Please, please, please keep us informed of your progress! The ability 
to see and manipulate files on HFS+ drives would be an immense 
convenience for all of us using Linux in conjunction with the Mac OS.

Keep up the good work!

Best wishes,
Clint

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Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT 
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