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Subject: Re: Apple File System Support
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Check into tkhfs(http://www.freebsd.org/ports/) this allows FreeBSD to read 
and write to Macintosh disks without any inconvience. and it comes with a 
nice X front-end.

Fight back for the Mac!!!-at least if Micro$oftWindows wants to advance ;)

On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, TheLab wrote:

> 
> Hello!
> 
> I was wondering if there are any plans to incorporate full Apple File
> System Support in FreeBSD...
> 
> I have a wonderful network running here with a UNIX File Server
> with NETATALK & Samba, supporting a large network of NT, Apple, and UNIX
> workstations and servers, but i have a slight frustration: 
> 
> Our graphic design workshop ships JAZZ, ZIP and Syquest drives back and
> forth to an external Print House, as well as to our clients. This is all
> fine and dandy except that i only have one drive of each, and they all
> hang off the FreeBSD box. If we get PC files, no problem... i wrote a
> script that allows our Mac-addicted Designers to mount the drive, and then
> access it though their Mac's 'Chooser' (gotta love netatalk!!). However,
> if we receive or have to send a drive in Apple's file system, i have to
> halt the server, yank the cables, bring the server up again, carry the
> drives over to my mac, do my business, then carry the drives back to the
> server, bring it down, hook it up again, bring the server up...
> 
> It's inconvienient, ya know?
> 
> If FreeBSD does not have any plans, then are there any other
> non-commercial i386 UNIX's that do? I can just install one of those on an
> alternative machine and NFS mount back to the main server if i have to. :)
> 
> Regards,
> Mit
> 
> Another other suggestions welcome, but no, mactools/hfstools are not what
> i want as i want to actually _mount_ the drive, and with r/w access if
> possible. 
>