How can I share files between OS X and YDL?

[Frederick C.Lee]

I can't find 'fdisk' on the Linux so I used the installation program to  
identify the other drive (partition) as 'hdb'.   The installation  
program didn't see the attached HD.
BTW: the 2nd internal HD has about four (4) partitions.

So I created the file: /mnt/MacDrive1 and did the mount.
It worked.
However I could only see One (1) partition of the entire HD.

I've been trying to mount each 	hd* file to see if the target /dev/hd*  
is a true hdfplus partition.   It's like knocking on each black box to  
see if its the right box.

Question: would an external HD be assigned to a random hd* file?

Anyway, once I figure this all out, I'll put the mount command into a  
start-up file and hope it flies.

I still can't get an easy access from OS X --> Linux, though.

Ric.

On Mar 21, 2005, at 2:13 PM, Andrew Mason wrote:

> 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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