Re: Still seeing if hfsplus is reliable with recent kernels (was: Re: 2-4-21-rc3-benh0 - hfsplus)
- To: Adam Done <mlist@donestudios.com>
- Cc: Greg Hamilton <gregh@object-craft.com.au>, ppc debian <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
- Subject: Re: Still seeing if hfsplus is reliable with recent kernels (was: Re: 2-4-21-rc3-benh0 - hfsplus)
- From: Brad Boyer <flar@allandria.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:02:13 -0700
- Message-id: <20041024180213.GC31362@pants.nu>
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On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 01:57:18AM -0700, Adam Done wrote:
> I read some things about the HFSX (HFS+ with case sensitivity) and I am
> wondering how I can mount it on Linux? I get HFS_-fs: unable to find
> HFS+ superblock when trying to mount and it fails when I try to mount
> with $ mount -t hfs /dev/hda13 /mnt/x. I would like to use and mount
> the case sensitive HFS+ on my powerbook to use my hard drive space more
> efficiently between the 2 oses. Is this even possible even with the
> 2.6.8 kernel?
No, it's not possible with 2.6.8. The HFSX filesystem, while very similar
to HFS+, needs some code changes to be supported. It's actually simpler
in some ways, but it still requires extra code. As far as I can tell,
that hasn't been done yet.
Brad Boyer
flar@allandria.com
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