On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 03:09:31PM +0000, David Pead wrote: > >>> Mount the MacOS-partition where BootX resides. [...] > When I use > ls dev > there's no refernece to the sda6 partition at all. The list reads: > > adb fb kmem misc pts scsi urandom > cdroms full kmsg null random shm vc > console ide log port rd tts vvc > discs input mem ptmx root tty zero > > In my attempts to mount the disk I managed to mess things up. Therefore, I > reformated with 3 partitions, one of which I formatted as MSDOS FAT32 (which > MacOS sould see) hoping to use that as an 'exchange partition' (as per 3.6.1 > MacOS/OSX Partitioning of the manual > http://www.us.debian.org/releases/sarge/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en#id2517119) I > can't find that one either. > > Looking in 'disks' or 'scsi' I find paths to various 'part1, part2, etc' of > the disk but have no success in mounting one. Maybe I'm not doing that > right? What command do I enter? Don't know exactly (only have IDE devices myself), something like: mount /dev/discs/disc0/part6 /mnt > >> Tried this but can't seem to mount the MacOS partition. It should be under > >> /dev/sda6 but I get "wrong device number or fs type hfsplus not supported" > >> I saw a mention of a patch for said fs, is that what I need? > > > > OK. this hfsplus thing seems problematic. Is possible to load a module > > that support hfsplus within the installer? There is a step in the > > installer that loads additional components (the partitioner amongst > > other things). Could you try and continue the installation until those > > modules are loaded (I mean to point 6.3.2 in the installation manual.) > > > > and then try to mount the partition again? > > Sorry friend, how do I check if the modules are loaded. If not, how can I > load them? Do I have to use something like ctrl,alt F3,4,5 or 6? # lsmod lists the loaded modules # modprobe hfsplus or # modprobe vfat might load the needed modules.> -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <hans@sociologi.cjb.net> Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could use it to ensure that this mail is from me and has not been altered on the way to you.
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