Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux?

From	Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux?
Date	2011-04-21 08:13 +0000
Organization	The Disorganisation
Message-ID	<slrniqvppe.974.ZekeGregory@netscape.net> (permalink)
References	<eli$1104182311@qz.little-neck.ny.us> <slrniqsjks.90b.ZekeGregory@netscape.net> <eli$1104210203@qz.little-neck.ny.us>

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On 2011-04-21, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc, Gregory Shearman  <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> wrote:
>> On 2011-04-19, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>> > I found hfsutils has a hformat command that says it can format an
>> > existing hfs partition, but no thing I can find tells me how to
>> > create an hfs partition.
>> Have you tried using fdisk to create your hfs partition?
>> 
>> Create your partition and then use the command 't' to change the
>> partition's type to HFS/HFS+. The type code is 'af'.
>
> Thank you! That's exactly the piece of information I was missing:
> the type code. I've got an HFS+ partition now, formatted, and
> passes the Mac Disk Utility verification (fsck.hfs in a GUI?) test.

fdisk command 'l' will provide a list of known partition types with
their associated type code.

-- 
Regards,
Gregory.
Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power

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hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2011-04-19 03:11 +0000
  Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-04-20 03:10 +0000
    Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2011-04-21 06:03 +0000
      Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-04-21 08:13 +0000
        Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2011-04-21 14:43 +0000
          Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-04-22 06:28 +0000
            Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2011-04-23 00:19 +0000
              Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-04-23 12:17 +0000
  Re: hfs / hfs+ partitions under linux? John Reiser <jreiserfl@comcast.net> - 2011-04-19 20:41 -0700

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