[Discuss] HFS+ access?

[R. Langkamer]

On 8/7/07 11:46 PM, Patrick wrote:

> So far I've had some luck, but it's all been hit-and-miss.
> 
> 1: Found a CPMCIA FireWire adapter that Just Works [at least,
>    it does under Xubuntu 6.10.  YMMV.  Dynex IEEE 1394 cardbus
>    adapter, model DX-FC202 if anyone's curious].
> 
> 2: Mounted a few HFS partitions on the FireWire HD, opened files,
>    read, wrote, conquered, etc.
> 
> 3: But no luck with the HFS+ partitions.  The hpmount tool [used
>    instead of mount for this partition type] doesn't seem to
>    recognize it.  For this reason, I haven't had a chance to try
>    hpumount.  [Note: in spite of the misleading command names,
>    these are *not* meant for OS/2 high performance filesystems,
>    aka hpfs.  In this case, the `hp' stands for HFS Plus.]
> 
>    Regular old mount / umount handled the basic HFS partitions
>    without any trouble.
> 
> 4: Strangely enough, parted can't make sense of the partition
>    table, but the system seems to parse it just fine.
> 
> 
> 
> Any hints, suggestions... guesses?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Patrick.


	HFS+ is accessible in Linux with one caveat. If the HFS+ volume has 
journaling enabled, it *must* be disabled first before you try to access 
it in Linux. I have a 7 year old PowerBook set to dual boot Ubuntu and 
anytime I want write access to my HFS+ partitions, I have to disable 
journaling first.
	One final note, I do not have access to any IBM's (Intel Based Macs) so 
I can not test the new GUID partition format in Linux. This may or may 
not throw a wrench in your access plans.

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