Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:21:02 +0100 From: Lutz Albers <lutz@muc.de> To: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com> Cc: muc-lists-freebsd-questions@moderators.muc.de Subject: Re: Mac File system and FreeBSD Message-ID: <XFMail.980111122102.lutz@muc.de> In-Reply-To: <199801110135.RAA06614@gromit.pinpt.com>
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On 11-Jan-98 Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > *From the fingers of Lutz Albers > >>[Posted and mailed] >> >>In article <199801092123.NAA01639@gromit.pinpt.com>, >> schluntz@pinpt.com (Sean J. Schluntz) writes: >>> I'm getting ready to setup a laptop with FreeBSD and NT on it (I >>> need NT >>> for some of the phone work I do) and I also need to be able to work >>> with >>> long file names in a shared location for both. >>> >>> I'm thinking of using a 500meg Mac formatted partition on the hard >>> disk >>> as NT will be able to use it (With a tool I have) and I seem to >>> recall >>> that FreeBSD can mount it. >>> >>> My question is this, how reliable is the Mac File system mounting >>> capability of FreeBSD? Can it stand up to everyday heavy use or >>> should I >>> think of doing something else? >> >>I'm wouldn't going that route. Maybe you should try using vmount (a >>utility which uses the Linux fs code via an nfs loopback mount). Use >>a >>vfat (urgh .. :-( partition for the data. I don't think that you can mount MacFS partitions, there is just a program giving access. ciao lutz -- Lutz Albers, lutz@muc.de Do not take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive.
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