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Does kernel 2.6 support MAC's HPFS/HFS file system natively or do I need to get a module for it? Thank you for your time....
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    Does kernel 2.6 support HPFS/HFS

    Does kernel 2.6 support MAC's HPFS/HFS file system natively or do I need to get a module for it?

    Thank you for your time.
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    probably you will have to install hpfs module:

    Yes, but Linux access to HPFS partitions is read-only. HPFS file system access is available as an option when compiling the kernel or as a module. See the Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt file in the kernel source distribution. See How To Upgrade/Recompile a Kernel. Then you can mount HPFS partition, using, for example:
    http://stason.org/TULARC/os/linux-fa...artitions.html
    http://www.linux.com/howtos/Filesystems-HOWTO-4.shtml
    http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/HOWTO/F...s-HOWTO-4.html
    http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/...s-HOWTO-4.html
    http://tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/partitions.html
    http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/mount.8.html
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    Yep, no problem it does. You can mount both "hfs" and "hfsplus" natively :
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    mount -t hfs ...
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    mount -t hfsplus ...
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    yeah but im not sure if you will be able to write into those partitions without installing hfs/hpfs/hfs+ modules....
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    I haven't check for older kernel version, but 2.6.18 already has everything for full read/write hfs and hfsplus support.

    As mentionned in the kernel documentation (Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt & hpfs.txt).
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    Thanks for the info guys.
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