[TriLUG] [OT] Macintosh repair

[Reginald Reed]

I recently picked up a used G3 desktop machine and needed to move some
files (for USB support) from Linux to the Mac and the HFS stuff I tried
won't with floppies no problem.  I did have to install an HFS util
package set to format the floppy, but that shouldn't be a big problem
for you.

I'd try to check out the drives read only and you should be fine.

--Reggie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org 
> [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Conrad
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:05 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] [OT] Macintosh repair
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 07:23:32AM -0400, Robert martin wrote:
> > i don't know what the difference is between say os 6 and 
> os7 formatted 
> > drives but there is a HFS driver as part of the base kernel package 
> > (the drive is what scsi??)
> 
> System 7.1 and above use a differently formatted desktop file 
> (if I recall correctly). 'Desktop' vs. 'Desktop DB'.
> 
> You would want to back it up with a mac because you want to 
> keep your resource forks intact. The hfs driver works well 
> (for reading files). Mount your drive read only if you want 
> to take this route.
> 
> -Nathan
> 
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