Re: hfs related crashes

[nik gaffney <nik@f0.am>]

> Do not use the HFS file system support in the kernel.  If you want to
> access HFS partitions, use the tools from the hfsutils package which
> are stable and do not corrupt data.  If you want a partition that you
> can share between Mac OS and Linux, use some sort of FAT format.
>
> Regards, Jens.

ok, after a mess of trying different partition types +  reformating. the 
easiest way i found to set up a partition to share data between macOS + 
debian is as follows,.. .

using debian, su to root.
use mac-fdisk to create a partition of type Apple_FREE
create a msdos filesystem on the same partition
 # mkdosfs -v -F 32 -n f4 /dev/hda14
for example, will create a fat32 filesystem on a partition readable by 
mac+llinux on hda14. (however, mac-fdisk still thinks its an Apple_HFS 
partition?!?!?)

then  'mount -t vfat' should mount it fine., otherwise, make sure msdos 
filesystem support is in the kernel (or modules)