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Re: chicken or egg problem-newbie install question



On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 00:33, Ray Knight wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:29, Lincoln Rutledge wrote:
> > Alfred,
> > 
> > Thanks for your info, but...
> > 
> > I understand (I think) what apps I need.  The problem is that the Mac OS
> > currently doesn't know how to talk Ethernet.  The XP box is on the
> > internet, but how do I get files from the XP box to the Mac?  Or get the
> > Mac talking Ethernet and download the files on the Mac?
> > 
> > I also have a Linux machine at work that I could use if it will help, it
> > is on the internet.
> > 
> This is probably your best bet.  Linux on an x86 machine can read/write
> Macintosh formatted floppies with either the hfsutils or xhfs packages.

This was a perfect solution for me.  hfsutils on a PC formatted an hfs
diskette and wrote a two-fork executable given a Penguin binhex (.hqx)
file.

-- SP


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