Hi all, I'll add some noise too ;-)
About accessing partitions cross-platform, there really isn't much that works in an easy, reliable way. I could think of these: - HFS or HFS+ partitions: native under MacOS; directing mounting under Linux only possible for HFS (but _dangerous_!! for writing); useable with hfsutils or hfsplus; - ext2 partitions: native under Linux; mountable with MountX under MacOS (no idea however about useability, stability and compatibility); - I could think about an MSDOS-formatted exchange partition; although you'd standardize on the worst standard ;-). Also, I don't know whether it will actually work; never tried. Should be mountable under both MacOS and Linux. - Fileserver partitions, like AFP (Appleshare or netatalk), NFS (no idea about MacOS support), SMB (idem about Apple support). Now about various off-topic ranting ;-) On 5 Jul, this message from Steven Hanley echoed through cyberspace: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:06:15AM -0500, Phil Fraering wrote: > well the powerpc architecture is less braindead etc, the hardware apple sell > is damn good hardware, IMO always has been superior to most x86 stuff Err... you'll find lots of people that disagree. Current Apple hardware tends to have a rather clean design and relatively few hardware bugs. However most of the 68k designs were a complete mess of various legacy things patched around a 'current' processor. They refused modern designs like DMA for ages. Talk about braindead here... You could argue that some of their 68k designs contain more braindamage than any PC hardware. > (well > put together good quality components etc) for a similar quality x86 box you > will generally have to select individual components and build a box (and end > up spending lots more than bog standard namebrand pcs sell for) etc. Some of their 'high quality' was bought by staying away from top-performance hardware. You can argue whether that was a good or a bad decision.... > In general I use ppc stuff (and alwys use only linux on the boxen) as it is > good hardware, and means I dont have to use x86 stuff (maybe irrational but > hey) The PowerPC architecture is, IMO, a much better design than what's currently available for i386 (less legacy). But the comparison is unfair, PPC is a new design and much younger than i386. What can be said against Intel is that they should have gotten rid of lots of legacy stuff (at the price of compatibility) a long time ago. Ah well, such is life ;-) Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
