Would be hfs porters should also know that snow leopard (10.6) made further extensions to hfs+ and there can be data in a file created on 10.6 that even 10.5 can't see.
On 3/22/10, Dale Rahn <dr...@dalerahn.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:39:07AM -0600, Ted Roby wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net> wrote: >> >> > >> > I suspect the OP would like to dual boot his intel mac machine and >> > still have access from OpenBSD to the files stored on a hfsplus >> > partition. >> > >> > -Otto >> > >> >> >> This is more in line with what I am seeking. >> I have a large amount of data which must be moved over from >> hfsplus to ffs. Since I am running -current, and seeking to assist >> with development, -my- solution was to invest in another large >> SATA drive, and attach via USB. I will format it with FAT32, copy >> all desired media from large hfsplus backup volume, boot to openbsd, >> copy all that data to internal FFS, reformat new drive FFS and use as >> backups. >> >> My desire, however, is to possibly give OpenBSD portable hfsplus >> access on i386 for future Mac migrators. >> > > It should be possible to build the port on i386 with the 'ONLY_FOR' tag > changed, however I dont recall that the hfsplus code was new enough to > support case-sensitive filesystems. Testing would need to be done to verify > what filesystems (hfs/hfs+/journal/case-sensitive) features would work with > the hfsplus package if the macos partition was cleanly shut down (journal). > If someone were to do this testing and post a diff to ports@ with such > testing results, such diff would likely be accepted. > > Dale Rahn dr...@dalerahn.com > > -- Sent from my mobile device http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
