Subject: Re: access to unix devices
From: Bill Studenmund (skippy@macro.stanford.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 26 1997 - 15:50:29 EDT
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Patrik Schindler wrote:
> > i wonder whether it is possible to access unix-devices from a macintosh.
> > i'm thinking of using a cdrom connected to a unix machine.
> >
> > any answer ?
>
> Jup, but I'm not sure, whether you may access the Resource-Fork of the
> CD-ROM, if it's HFS. There is a Linux Kernel-Module out for accessing
> HFS-Devices, but not currently supporting Resource-Forks in netatalk
> (AppleDouble)Style.
> Which kind of Unix do ya think of?
Last time I looked, which was almost a year ago, Paul Hargrove's hfs
module did support netatalk resource forks. You just have to use a mount
option to choose between non, netatalk, CAP, and AppleSingle (?) format.
Take care,
Bill
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