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Re: How to unlock a hfs partition?



On Dec 10, 2007 2:33 PM, Ruben Vandeginste <snowbender@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> At Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:49:49 +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote:
> >
> > [using  2.6.18-5-powerpc  GNU/Linux on a iBool]
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to copy a file from ext2 to hfs partition, but the command:
> > # mount -t hfs -o rw /dev/hda25 /mnt
> > yields the warning:
> > hfs: filesystem is marked locked, mounting read-only.
> >
> > Is there any way to unlock it?
> >
> > Thanks for your attention,
> >       Ennio
>
> Since you have a hfs partition, I assume you have a dual-boot with
> OSX?
>
> In that case, simply boot in OSX: the file system will be checked and
> unlocked.  After reboot in linux, you will be able to mount it
> read-write.

Doesn't one have to disable Journaling from OSX side for "safe"
read-write access?

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Regards
PK
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