Bug#274408: kernel-source-2.6.8: HFS filesystem missing .finderinfo and .resource pseudo-directories
Package: kernel-source-2.6.8
Severity: important
Hmmm... You learn something new every day!
I think I've just discovered a major difference between the "hfs"
implementation in 2.4 and that in 2.6.
When one mounts an hfs filesystem under 2.4, there are a bunch of
pseudo-directories with names beginning with a "." that give you
access to the finder info and the resource forks of all the files.
This feature is not there in 2.6. (Or else I need to RTFM -- can
somebody point me to the right FM?)
Thus, running a 2.6.8 kernel, mounting the boot.img file as an hfs
filesystem makes it appear that the finder is zero length! In
reality, only it's "data" fork (If that's the right word) is zero
length -- all the good stuff is in the "resource" fork, which
doesn't show up.
This was an important and useful feature in the 2.4 "hfs" filesystem
driver. Can it be reinstated?
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