Mac file system.

otacon · 2008-12-09 20:45:36

Hello My Macbook black has this nifty tool to be able to basically turn into an external hard drive for other computers to get information and files off of it quickly.

The problem is that I can't access the information because it is mac journaled stuff. I am using Dolphin as a file manager.
Is there a program out there that can read mac journaled stuff or a way to modify Dolphin to get it to read it?

brisbin33 · 2008-12-09 21:01:42

the kernel's been able to handle hfsplus (mac extended) no problem for a while now, but it's mounted readonly unless you turn off journalling.

if you get this:

modprobe -l | grep hfsplus
/lib/modules/2.6.27-ARCH/kernel/fs/hsfplus/hfsplus.ko

then you know you're mac compatible; at that point, it's down to finding the right /dev/sd?? to mount. (my hfsplus ipod is always /dev/sd?3)

FWIW: i have sshd running on my arch box. scp from terminal.app is the quickest/easiest way i've found to move those 'once in a while' files/folders to/from my arch box.

Last edited by brisbin33 (2008-12-09 21:05:42)

phrakture · 2008-12-10 16:49:32

otacon wrote:

Hello My Macbook black has this nifty tool to be able to basically turn into an external hard drive for other computers to get information and files off of it quickly.

Man, I have been looking for a way to do this in linux for a long time. What application does this? Or is it hardware?

Profjim · 2008-12-21 16:32:01

It's hardware. You hold down T when booting (on any Mac, not just laptops) and it will turn into a external firewire (IEEE 1394)-accessible disk.

Some of the newer Macs have eSATA ports as well as FireWire. I don't know how they handle this; I've only ever done it over FireWire.

Arch Linux

#1 2008-12-09 20:45:36

Mac file system.

#2 2008-12-09 21:01:42

Re: Mac file system.

#3 2008-12-10 16:49:32

Re: Mac file system.

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