Re: mounting a HFS drive on a Linux machine clobbers it?

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 12:55:20PM -0700, Kim Cascone wrote:
> something interesting to note:
> ==================
> - gparted (gnome partition editor) describes my 9G OS X partition as 
> HFS+
> - fdisk describes the same part as a HFS

Don't use fdisk, parted (and its derivative) is the way to go.

> also:
> - fdisk describes my NewWorld boot part as 'NewWorld bootblock'
> - gparted describes the same NewWorld bootblock part as a HFS (*not* 
> HFS+)

Ah, funny, could you file a bug reprot about this ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther