How can I share files between OS X and YDL?

[Andrew Mason]

Guys, i hope this can make what i think is quite a simple task even  
easier.

You can easily mount ext3fs from OSX with the ext3 mounter. You can  
also  easily mount OSX from within ydl via the following commands. I  
promise it will take no more than 5 minutes for you to learn how to do  
this with out thinking twice.

//make sure there is somewhere for it to be mounted to
mkdir /mnt/hd2

//actually do the mount
mount -t hfsplus /dev/hda4 /mnt/hd2

if you don't know which "dev" to use, then mac-fdisk /dev/hda will help  
you...its generally the only HFS partition with enough size to store a  
whole OS.

Once you have found it, it will always be the same. You can also make  
an entry in your /etc/fstab so that all users can mount this....even  
auto mount it..


On 21/03/2005, at 7:51 PM, Frederick C.Lee wrote:

> What I've managed to do, is to exchange files between Darwin and Linux  
>  (and vice-versa, I believe).
> It's a crude way of passing files, but I don't see a viable way.  The  
> Aqua Layer doesn't allow me access to Linux's "/usr/public" folder,  
> even though I had set the permission to '666' - r/w for all.
>
> The other option via Linux: Having to mount one of a zillion /dev and  
> see if I can access OS X files from Linux appears daunting.
>
> So the current de facto approach is to create symbolic links to each  
> other's "public" folders and let the Super Users handle the  
> transactions.
>
> Ric.
>
> On Mar 20, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:
>
>> Mr. Lee:
>>
>> Frederick C.Lee wrote:
>>> I have YD Linux 4.0.1 on one drive and OS X on a different drive  
>>> (one on external HD). I can see the Linux partition from OS X as '/'  
>>> and can wonder into Linux territory. But I can't create a Public  
>>> file any where within Linux without being a super user; and changing  
>>> the owner doesn't work.
>>
>> I am not quite sure *exactly* what you want to do, but look here for  
>> some tips on an extension to invoke ext2 (Linux) filesystem support  
>> from within Mac OS X:
>>
>> <http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-newbie/Week- 
>> of-Mon-20050117/006601.html>
>>
>> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/>
>>
>>> Question: What is a simple way to allow sharing files between the  
>>> two OSes?
>>
>> You can also see your HFS+ (Mac OS) partitions from within Yellow Dog  
>> Linux:
>>
>> <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_4.0/ 
>> hfsplus.shtml>
>>
>> If you have other questions not mentioned in those places, feel free  
>> to ask!
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Clint
>>
>> -- 
>> Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal  
>> DOT net>
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