Is HFS writable/readable nicely by Arch ?

Kooothor · 2008-09-26 11:39:00

Hi,

I want to make a storage partition wich can be accessed by both arch and mac os x, so first I thought of FAT32, but then I read that HFS is nice also (the non-journaled version), so I want to be sure that ArchLinux is fully powerful with an HFS partition.

Thx.

cwjiof · 2008-09-26 14:16:50

You can install hfsprogs from AUR.

Kooothor · 2008-09-26 14:26:37

cwjiof wrote:

You can install hfsprogs from AUR.

So it's not native.
Thx for your response

wuischke · 2008-09-26 14:33:17

HFS support is integrated into the kernel (as module). You should be able to read and write to HFS partition after loading the "hfs" module.

Misfit138 · 2008-09-26 14:52:23

wuischke wrote:

HFS support is integrated into the kernel (as module). You should be able to read and write to HFS partition after loading the "hfs" module.

+1

Also, note that HFS and HFSplus are completely different.

cwjiof · 2008-09-26 15:17:44

Misfit138 wrote:

Also, note that HFS and HFSplus are completely different.

HFSplus has also been supported by the kernel via the module hfsplus.

However, install the hfsprogs package so that you can create or format an hfs/hfs+ file system in Arch.

Last edited by cwjiof (2008-09-26 15:22:11)

Xappe · 2008-09-26 16:28:25

I'm using one hfs and one hfsplus partition on my external firewire drive. Both partitions mount without problems, and I can write without problems to the hfs partition (haven't tried writing to hfsplus since I don't want to risk my osx install that resides on that partition). The only thing i've seen so far is that osx sometimes sets strange ownership on the files copied to the drive (they can't be deleted or changed from linux without changing the owner).

Nothing that can't be fixed with a chown (as root) it seems.

Kooothor · 2008-09-26 16:52:59

Ok, thanks for your guidance all.
But I think I'll go with a FAT32 partition

Daenyth · 2008-09-28 03:52:25

HFS/+ is a clusterfuck anyway, better to just avoid it.

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Is HFS writable/readable nicely by Arch ?

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