Re: MacIntosh diskettes

1997-12-06 Thread Anand Kumria
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Guido Bozzetto wrote: > How can I configure a Debian 1.3.1 box to read and write on/to Mac > diskettes and which programs can I use ? You won't be able to read or write low-density disks, only disks which are in 1.44Mb format. As Nils has suggested you can use hfstools (or hf

Re: MacIntosh diskettes

1997-12-06 Thread Carey Evans
Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > > The solution is to use pc format disks, which both the mac & linux can > > read & write. > This needs special programs on the MAC that may not be there. > And it's rather inconvenient. Before I found hfsutils (i.e. when I still had Slackwar

Re: MacIntosh diskettes

1997-12-05 Thread Scott Hanson
Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > > How can I configure a Debian 1.3.1 box to read and write on/to Mac > > > diskettes and which programs can I use ? > > You can't. The pc type drive is physically incapable of handling the > > mac format.

Re: MacIntosh diskettes

1997-12-05 Thread Nils Rennebarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > How can I configure a Debian 1.3.1 box to read and write on/to Mac > > diskettes and which programs can I use ? > > You can't. The pc type drive is physically incapable of handling the > mac format. This is only tr

Re: MacIntosh diskettes

1997-12-05 Thread Rick Hawkins
> How can I configure a Debian 1.3.1 box to read and write on/to Mac > diskettes and which programs can I use ? You can't. The pc type drive is physically incapable of handling the mac format. The solution is to use pc format disks, which both the mac & linux can read & write. rick --