Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Type Manager / CD Writer / Zip Drives?
From: Andras Kadinger (bandit@freeside.elte.hu)
Date: Thu Apr 16 1998 - 21:00:31 EDT
[Sorry for the private copy, Alistair]
Alistair Riddell wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Vivek wrote:
>
> > I don't think you can format Mac HD's on the linux box because AFAIK
> > there's no way to make a Mac partition table under Linux.
>
> The PowerPC Linux kernel understands Mac partition tables and the fdisk
> that comes with PPC linux can handle Mac partition tables. I see no reason
> why this could not be possible on x86.
Yes, it is. And Linux development kernels (the 2.1.x series) even have
Mac partition table support built-in. I don't know, how to use it yet,
though (but I don't use 2.1.x kernels).
The fdisk (or I think it was pdisk?) that comes with MkLinux (also a
PowerPC compatible Linux) can also create Mac partition tables, and You
can use hfsutils to create the filesystem, which You can access later
with the HFS module.
However, the Macintosh stores some parts of it's disk driver software on
the disk; I don't know if there are tools to place a driver into the
correspoding partition, or if it is needed at all. Mac-experts, anyone?
I am pretty sure You can not live without it if You need a bootable Mac
CD.
Since the need for burning Mac CD-s directly on unix would be beneficial
for me too, I think we should look into extending mkhybrid to understand
netatalk's [why do we call it so anyway; it's pretty standard, isn't
it?] AppleDouble format. Volunteers? I am familiar with the AppleDouble
format. Anyone from the AUFS side?
Sincerely,
Andras Kadinger
bandit@freeside.elte.hu
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