RE: linux kernel on HFS+ volume

["Pisupati, Ajay" <ajay.pisupati@pw.utc.com>]

Is there a reliable HFS+ driver out there?  otherwise you could risk
trashing everything right? 
-ajay

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Martin Schaffner [mailto:schaffner@gmx.li]
>>>Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:06 PM
>>>To: Yaboot-devel
>>>Subject: Re: linux kernel on HFS+ volume
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 20.03.2004, at 09:16, Ethan Benson wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 02:56:21AM +0000, Martin Schaffner wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I currently try to boot a GNU/Linux installation on a 
>>>HFS+ partition
>>>>>> where Mac OS X is also installed, using tricks similar to these:
>>>>>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/
>>>>>> lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt
>>>>
>>>> furthermore, this is just ridiculous.  GNU/Linux is NOT a macos
>>>> application, its an operating system, a proper operating 
>>>system needs
>>>> a proper installation which means repartitioning.
>>>
>>>MacOS 9 installs itself into a directory ("System folder"), 
>>>and there 
>>>may be more than one OS 9 on a partition, which can co-exist. But 
>>>perhaps OS 9 isn't a "proper" operating system...
>>>
>>>> because its inherently unreliable.  macos won't tolerate 
>>>other OSes.
>>>
>>>What will it do to other OSes?
>>>
>>>> if you can't handle that you shouldn't be using it, period.
>>>
>>>As it is free software, I can adapt it to my wishes, and I 
>>>will try to 
>>>do so.
>>>
>>>I found out that I don't need the second stage of yaboot, I can 
>>>directly load vmlinux.elf-pmac from OpenFirmware. I still have some 
>>>issues concerning the mounting of hfsplus filesystems...
>>>
>>>Martin
>>>
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