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[Dan Caugherty <caffeine1 AT nc.rr.com>]

Thus spake Jason Tower:

> with linux all things are possible.
>
> now, i know jack about OS X and macs in general, but...

FreeBSD with a lickable UI and compatibility for the old MacOS.
In short, heaven.

> 1. you could stick the 80GB disk in a linux box, create partitions and
> filesystems (don't know what filesystem OSX uses), mount it, and 
> export it
> via NFS.  then you could access it from the mac via tcp/ip and nfs.

The problem is that OS X's boot partition must be HFS, and maybe
extended HFS, which Linux doesn't support last time I checked.

Otherwise, I'd install OS X on the 80 GB drive, slap the 20 GB drive
(or both) in our Linux box, and do the mother of cp's.


> 2. yank the 20GB disk and stick it in a linux box along with the 80GB 
> disk.
> use dd to copy the partitions.

Hmm. Intriguing.  I'll do a "man dd" to see what it buys me.
(My big question: I know dd will do a raw copy from one device to
another, partition info and all, but do I get to play with my other 
60MB later?)

> i've always wanted to see the mac cube up close and personal since i 
> like
> small, quiet systems.  if you would like help with this you're welcome 
> to
> come by my place (with a non-domestic six pack) and we can try some 
> things
> out, i've got all the necessary hardware to make it work.

Even more intriguing.  Let me see what I can do on my own first.
(Maybe I got lucky and RH8.0 has better HFS support...)

Thanks,

Dan Caugherty, Software Engineer
115 Oakmist Drive, Cary NC  27513
919.380.7023 --- caffeine1 AT nc.rr.com