Correction; HFS+.

[peter]

    From: didier gaumet <didier.gau...@gmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:25:10 +0100
> hfsprogs/stable 540.1.linux3-5+b1 amd64

Here /etc/apt/sources.list had non-free-firmware; not non-free. With 
non-free added, hfsprogs installed and the main part of the drive 
reformatted as HFS+.

Now the friend can try it again on the Mac system.

Thanks,                         ... P.

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