Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 12:52:23 -0800 (PST) From: _| im <jim@basil.stthom.edu> To: TheLab <thelab@host-062.nmarcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hayseed@nmarcom.com Subject: Re: Apple File System Support Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.971223124533.19850A-100000@basil.stthom.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971223122403.1086A-100000@mit.nmarcom.com>
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Check into tkhfs(http://www.freebsd.org/ports/) this allows FreeBSD to read and write to Macintosh disks without any inconvience. and it comes with a nice X front-end. Fight back for the Mac!!!-at least if Micro$oftWindows wants to advance ;) On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, TheLab wrote: > > Hello! > > I was wondering if there are any plans to incorporate full Apple File > System Support in FreeBSD... > > I have a wonderful network running here with a UNIX File Server > with NETATALK & Samba, supporting a large network of NT, Apple, and UNIX > workstations and servers, but i have a slight frustration: > > Our graphic design workshop ships JAZZ, ZIP and Syquest drives back and > forth to an external Print House, as well as to our clients. This is all > fine and dandy except that i only have one drive of each, and they all > hang off the FreeBSD box. If we get PC files, no problem... i wrote a > script that allows our Mac-addicted Designers to mount the drive, and then > access it though their Mac's 'Chooser' (gotta love netatalk!!). However, > if we receive or have to send a drive in Apple's file system, i have to > halt the server, yank the cables, bring the server up again, carry the > drives over to my mac, do my business, then carry the drives back to the > server, bring it down, hook it up again, bring the server up... > > It's inconvienient, ya know? > > If FreeBSD does not have any plans, then are there any other > non-commercial i386 UNIX's that do? I can just install one of those on an > alternative machine and NFS mount back to the main server if i have to. :) > > Regards, > Mit > > Another other suggestions welcome, but no, mactools/hfstools are not what > i want as i want to actually _mount_ the drive, and with r/w access if > possible. >
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