How to mount external Mac hd?

[firak]

Is there any way to mount Mac external HD ( probably MAC OS extended (journaled HFS++ ) on a recent Puppy Linux? which Puppy support it?
I found an old topic about it : http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=13808.
What about Puppy 528 or other recent Puppies that can open this "locked proprietary box"?

I hate proprietary hardware , but what to do, some friend would like to share files with me, and they are Mac dependent.

[Les Kerf]

I have booted my two-year old iMac with Slacko 531 and got on the internet with it, so it is at least somewhat compatible. I have no idea if this will help you or not.
Les

[Flash]

Firak, have you tried to mount the Mac hd in any Puppy?

[Semme]

Both 528 and Slacko have the hfs modules. As Flash questioned- which Pup?

[John Doe]

just do this part, if the modules are in there (you can test by doing the modprobe line)

modprobe hfsplus
mount -t hfsplus -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1
rox /mnt/sdb1

assuming you only have one internal and it's the first usb drive with hfs+ (probably is + at this point).

adjust sdxx for drive and partition.

[firak]

On Macpup528,
Pmount does not see it . This was my ounly test.
Is a good news that puppyes can have hsf+ modules.
So next time I will have this mac HD with me,
I will try with Slako, or mounting it manually as John Doe suggest.

[rmcellig]

This is what I get:

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sh-4.1# modprobe hfs
sh-4.1# modprobe hfsplus
sh-4.1# mount -t hfsplus -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 
mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /mnt/sdb1 busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /mnt/sdb1
sh-4.1# rox /mnt/sdb1
sh-4.1# 

The drive mounts but I don't see the HFS+ partition.

So what should I do next?

[Semme]

mount -t hfsplus -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 << Uh, try sdb*2*.. Then use ROX.

[rmcellig]

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sh-4.1# mount -t hfsplus -o rw /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2
mount: mount point /mnt/sdb2 does not exist
sh-4.1# 

Am I doing something wrong?

[don570]

Does a folder named /mnt/sdb2 exist?
Easy to create with mkdir command.

[Semme]

And for that matter, it could be named anything. The fact that it doesn't exist should've tipped you off..

[rmcellig]

So creating a /mnt/sdb2 directory will make a difference? I'm on the Mac side at the moment but tomorrow I will try what don570 suggests and se what happens after I run

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mount -t hfsplus -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1

again.

[Semme]

That's >> mount -t hfsplus -o rw /dev/sdb2 /mnt/whatchamacallit!

[rmcellig]

Ah ya. I meant sdb2.

[Semme]

I knew dats whatcha meant.

[rmcellig]

Success! I mounted both of my HFS+ drives.

The icons on the pinboard don't show the mounted volumes. Is there a way that they can display on the pinboard and is there a way that from now on when I boot into Puppy Linux on my iMac that my HFS+ volumes will auto mount or do I always have to go to the terminal and type in the command to mount them.

Do I have to do something with the fstab file?

[Semme]

Great! Now how about some closure?

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83601

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87792

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Pinboard? Sure. Like the ones used in ~/.pup_event, they probably need icons.

The modules themselves you should be able to add via BootManager, no?

The 'mount' process? Think about it.. happens during boot, doesn't it?

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Seriously though, I'm sure there's more to it than I know ATM..

[rmcellig]

I meant desktop.

[rmcellig]

I just deleted my Crunchbang partition on my iMac and now I have an empty 40GB partition along with a 2.2GB swap partition.

This is what I hate and love about Linux. So many choices. I want to install a distro that is fast and light, so first one that comes to mind aside from Puppy is Lubuntu. Maybe I will install Lubuntu and then a frugal install of Precise Puppy. After I install Lubuntu 12.04 I will upgrade it to maybe the new 3.10.5 kernel so that I can use Audio Line in capability.

I found out that the kernel in 12.04 as well s Puppy 528 does not support the audio card in my iMac. At least Prcise has the 3.9 kernel.

Tough decisions!!

The plus side with Precise is that it is a frugal install which is super flexible and light. It does everything I need it to do.

If you had my iMac (a 2006 24" model), what distro would you install for dual booting or am I over thinking this?

[Semme]

Hey Booboo, ask Flash to load your post over as a new thread.