On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM <pe...@easthope.ca> wrote: > > From: Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:58:51 -0500 > > I looked at the package file lists for those two packages, and one of > > the things that looked interesting was "hpfsck". > > Thanks for the reply. > > # hpfsck -v /dev/sdc2 > *** Checking Volume Header: > hpfsck: hpfsck: error writing to medium (Bad file descriptor) > > Nothing further. The Mac system where this drive was used is > similarly baffled and offers no progress.
You should probably move this conversation to debian-powerpc. > Lacking of knowledge of HFS, I wonder whether the file system > directory is broken. > > If the drive is left in this state, the owner will "recycle"; meaning > it will go to a smelting furnace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelting > > The next obvious step for me is attempt reformatting with FAT or ext. > Otherwise, wipe, partition and then format. I suspect things will get worse if you do that. Mac's need the blessed partition to boot. Blowing it away will ensure the machine does not boot. These things are usually discussed on the debian-powerpc mailing list. Jeff
