Peter J. Vreeland wrote: > Greeting to all, > I have learned a lot by reading your posts over the last year. > I have a question is it possible to partion a drive that is to be > placed in a firewire drive that will be recognizable by both Mac , > PC and linux based computers or am I just dazed and confused? > Ideally I want to get a 48 gig IBM travelstar put it in a firewire > usb2 enclosure and partion it so that I can back up my wife's Tosihba > Lap top 4gigs , my pismo 30 gigs and have some room for linux folder > 8 gigs I have been tinkering with. > any ideas or direction would be greatly appreciated. > Pete
Hmmm.... The easiest solution would be to get MacDrive for your wife's laptop ( http://www.mediafour.com ), so her computer can read the Mac formatted disk, and mount it as an hfs disk under Linux, which should be doable, though you might have to cobble the drivers from the darwin source, if your linux distro doesn't have them. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
