A thanks to Clint MacDonald and the su '-' option

[mascarasnake]

On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 14:05, Clinton C.MacDonald wrote:
> Macarasnake:
> 
> On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 09:15  AM, mascarasnake wrote:
> > Thanks muchly for the little tidbit on the su otion.
> 
> You are quite welcome. As I wrote, I have no idea why it works, but it 
> works.
> 
> > This is the official explanation from the man pages on the '-' option 
> > under 'su':
> >
> > -, -l, --login # make the shell a login shell
> >
> > It Appears to just tell the machine "No, really, I am the 
> > administrator. Really, I am."
> 
> In other words, it's just Linux -- don't question it, just accept it. 
> ;-)
> 
> > Any idea how I can make MOL recognize that drive? It's a seperate 
> > physical drive running OS 9.1 (OldWorld System) This is the Disk I run 
> > Xboot From. MOL will recognize My Startup CD, But not the other HDD. 
> > Can I manually enter the info in the /fstab file?
> 
> I don't know what you mean by "that drive," but if its a Mac OS 9.1 
> partition, it can be one of two formats, HFS ("Mac OS Standard" in 
> Drive Setup) or HFS+ ("Mac OS Extended"). If it's HFS+, there isn't a 
> reliable way to mount it, although there are some alpha-quality tools 
> to support HFS+:
> 
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-hfsplus>
> 
> HFS is much easier. In fact, when you first partition your Mac for YDL, 
> it can be a good idea to include an HFS partition because both MOL and 
> YDL can access it (though not at the same time!). On my setup, my Mac 
> HFS partition is hda10:
> 
> [1] in a console, get superuser privileges ("su")
> [2] using vi or pico, edit the file /etc/fstab
> [3] add the line --
> 
> /dev/hda10    /mnt/macos    hfs    noauto,user,rw    0 0
> 
> [4] from the console, as a regular user, type "mount /mnt/macos"
> [5] Voilą!
> 
> The "noauto" prevents the partition from mounting at startup; the 
> "user" allows user access (why this isn't the default is beyond me), 
> the "rw" lets me have read and write access. According to Bill Longman, 
> "The 0 0 thingies are bits that the file system checker uses on startup 
> and for backup options, if I recall."
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Clint

Thanks again, Clint. It is formatted in hfs+ - figures. I'll give what
you suggested a whirl as soon as I get LISa configured correctly.

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                              mascarasnake
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