Re: Re (3): Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-09 Thread Peter Koellner
On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Peter Koellner Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:28:04 +0100 (CET) Well, 5 1/4" disks were out of fashion around 1988, if I remember correctly, and I think the disk in question was from the 90s, so I guessed it probably was a 3 1/2" disk... Cert

Re (3): Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-09 Thread peasthope
From: Peter Koellner Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:28:04 +0100 (CET) > Well, 5 1/4" disks were out of fashion around 1988, if I remember > correctly, and I think the disk in question was from the 90s, so > I guessed it probably was a 3 1/2" disk... Certainly. Was any new Macintosh equiped with a

Re: Re(2): Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-08 Thread Peter Koellner
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, John Hasler wrote: Peter Koellner writes: Also: You can set the physical write protect switch in the diskette corner to prevent accidental writes. You know, the hole in the corner should not be covered, in case you don't recall... No, no. You put a piece of tape over the

Re: Re(2): Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread John Hasler
Peter Koellner writes: > Also: You can set the physical write protect switch in the diskette > corner to prevent accidental writes. You know, the hole in the corner > should not be covered, in case you don't recall... No, no. You put a piece of tape over the notch to write-protect the side. Oh.

Re: Re(2): Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread Peter Koellner
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: !!WARNING WARNING!! I made a mistake in the above. That should have been: dd if=/dev/fd0 of=fd.image.raw bs=8k Right oh. I probably won't have the diskettes until next week and will mount -o ro and will be careful about if and of. [And if the Ope

Re(2): Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Bob, > !!WARNING WARNING!! I made a mistake in the above. That should have > been: > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=fd.image.raw bs=8k Right oh. I probably won't have the diskettes until next week and will mount -o ro and will be careful about if and of. [And if the OpenVPN tunnel is working will be a

Re: Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
I wrote: > Another option is to install hfsutils and use xhfs to exchange data > with the hfs-formatted floppy. s/hfsutils/hfsutils-tcltk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Peter Easthope: > A friend has data on a diskette written in MacOS around 1995. > According to this page hfs and hfs+ are supported. > http://wiki.debian.org/FileSystem > > How reliable is this capability? AFAICS, the only thing you need to do is 'modprobe hfs'. Or add the line 'hfs' (without

Re: Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Proulx wrote: > Hint 2: Make a bit copy of the disk to a file and then mount the > file. Again, this should completely avoid any write to the floppy and > therefore be safe working with the data. > > dd of=/dev/fd0 of=fd.image.raw bs=8k !!WARNING WARNING!! I made a mistake in the above.

Re: Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread Bob Proulx
PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > How reliable is this capability? > > Should I try to identify the filesystem as hfs vs. hfs+ before > trying to mount it? I have no information. > Will "mount -t hfs" damage hfs+ and conversely? > Thanks for any tips, ... Peter E. Hint 1: Add "-o ro" to t

Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, A friend has data on a diskette written in MacOS around 1995. According to this page hfs and hfs+ are supported. http://wiki.debian.org/FileSystem How reliable is this capability? Should I try to identify the filesystem as hfs vs. hfs+ before trying to mount it? Will "mount -t hfs"