How can I share files between OS X and YDL?

[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. Lee:

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.

Hmmm.... Although I am not quite certain of what you are doing, that 
sounds much harder than it should be (someone else on this list can 
correct me if I am wrong, since I am not running YDL at present). When I 
was running YDL 3.0 on my Wallstreet, using extfsx I was able to mount 
and read/write to the Yellow Dog Linux partition without difficulty 
within Mac OS X, and using Konqueror, I was able to mount and read/write 
files to the HFS (not HFS+ -- see below) partition just as easily. 
Invoking the Darwin layer and resetting permissions was not part of my 
solution.

Take a look at the following two How-Tos. In the first, I described the 
uncomplicated way I installed YDL on my Wallstreet, taking care to 
create an "interchange" partition. The second describes how to mount an 
HFS partition from within YDL. Note the Addendum at the bottom of the 
second page, which is an update for the HFS+ filesystem.

<http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Installing+YDL/How+should+I+partition+my+disks%3F>

<http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Configuring+YDL/Mounting+a+Mac+partition+in+YDL>

I recommend you set up an "interchange" partition so that you do not run 
the risk of hosing either your YDL or your Mac OS X partitions.

> 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.

Again, that sounds like too much work, and it should not be necessary to 
mess with permissions. Maybe there is a problem since you are trying to 
access both partitions as your primary administrative user (501). The 
permissions may be conflicting there (again, someone will correct me if 
I am wrong). What happens if you create a new user and try to access the 
partitions that way?

Good luck!

Best wishes,
Clint

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