Re: .sit files

2001-04-20 Thread W. Crowshaw
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:31:08PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:51:17AM -0500, W. Crowshaw wrote: > > Actually, it doesn't hurt anything if the MacOS HFS FS is mounted on the > > kernel > > and hmount'ed with hfsutils. I access the HFS FS both mounted and hmounted > > al

Re: .sit files

2001-04-19 Thread Peter Cordes
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:31:08PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:51:17AM -0500, W. Crowshaw wrote: > > Actually, it doesn't hurt anything if the MacOS HFS FS is mounted on the > > kernel > > and hmount'ed with hfsutils. I access the HFS FS both mounted and hmounted > > al

Re: .sit files

2001-04-19 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:51:17AM -0500, W. Crowshaw wrote: > Actually, it doesn't hurt anything if the MacOS HFS FS is mounted on the > kernel > and hmount'ed with hfsutils. I access the HFS FS both mounted and hmounted > all the time. then you have been lucky. the kernel will NOT be aware of

Re: .sit files

2001-04-19 Thread W. Crowshaw
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:02:48AM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 12:55:26AM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > It is a Mac OS application, and therefore has a filetype, > > creator code, and resource fork. While you might be able to extract the > > bitstreams of all thes

Re: .sit files

2001-04-19 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:02:48AM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > > Agreed! They should use macbinary, or gzipped macbinary (since most people > have an extractor capable of handling gzip). there is only two files for bootx that even require macbinary, the extention and the application. document

Re: .sit files

2001-04-19 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Seriously: I've never had any luck with unsit or macunpack or the like. > > .sit files are essentially useless on the Linux side. > > > > Then why does bootx come packaged on the 2.2r2 CD as a .sit file? I'm Maybe because BootX is a MacOS application, and i

Re: .sit files

2001-04-19 Thread Peter Cordes
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 12:55:26AM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > It's not just that you _should_ unpack BootX on the Mac side, it's that > you have to. No you don't. When I bought my Mac second hand, it had a _minimal_ install of MacOS 9 on it. When I say minimal, I mean no web browser, n

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Michael D. Crawford
It's not just that you _should_ unpack BootX on the Mac side, it's that you have to. It is a Mac OS application, and therefore has a filetype, creator code, and resource fork. While you might be able to extract the bitstreams of all these (and the data fork), they won't do you much good. What is

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Andrew Sharp
er to deal with if you don't have the right stuffit on your system. But there are still some hurdles left for you to cross. Good luck, Grasshopper. a Joseph Red wrote: > > Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > > Seriously: I've never had any luck with unsit or macun

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Nelson Abramson
On Wednesday 18 April 2001 23:14, Joseph Red wrote: > Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Seriously: I've never had any luck with unsit or macunpack or the like. > > .sit files are essentially useless on the Linux side. > > Then why does bootx come packaged on the 2.2r2 CD as a

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Joseph Red
Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Seriously: I've never had any luck with unsit or macunpack or the like. > .sit files are essentially useless on the Linux side. > Then why does bootx come packaged on the 2.2r2 CD as a .sit file? I'm clueless when it comes to mac filetypes (

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 06:12:02AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: [...] > .sit is even more proprietary then MS Word .doc. [...] > .sit is about the same as encrypting your files to an aladdin > encryption key and putting yourself at thier mercy. > > Open Standards or die. Hrm. Lends a new tru

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Michael Schmitz
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 10:21:32AM +0200, Damien GUIHAL wrote: > > Is anyone know if there is a tool with or without GUI to > > compress/uncompress .sit files. > > /bin/rm That was the compress part. Uncompress with /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=$1 Seriously: I've never

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:11:18PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Damien GUIHAL wrote: > > > Is anyone know if there is a tool with or without GUI to > > compress/uncompress .sit files. > > A quick search on package content for stable at >

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 10:21:32AM +0200, Damien GUIHAL wrote: > Is anyone know if there is a tool with or without GUI to compress/uncompress > .sit files. /bin/rm -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgp79y6twtr8D.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: .sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Damien GUIHAL wrote: > Is anyone know if there is a tool with or without GUI to > compress/uncompress .sit files. A quick search on package content for stable at http://packages.debian.org/ confirms what I believe I have once used with success: a tiny tool called un

.sit files

2001-04-18 Thread Damien GUIHAL
Is anyone know if there is a tool with or without GUI to compress/uncompress .sit files. Thanks in advance Damien GUIHAL