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