there are two sets of hfs utilities. one is called hfs-0-00, one called
hfsutils1.17b. hfs-0-00 works fine, but does not allow a write. hfsutils
does.

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On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> > 
> > I cannot get unix to mount the mac partitions. I need to be able to write
> > to them. i tried reading the hmount manpage but it was less than helpful.
> > the syntax it gives is 
> > 
> > hmount sourcepath partition
> > 
> > this isn't helpful. what is a sourcepath? how am i supposed to sniff what
> > partition it is i want to mount? all i want to do is say 'mount the mac
> > partition called 'macintosh hd' to /mnt ! easy! but how?
> 
> I'm not familiar with hmount, but at present, you can't mount mac partitions
> in the NetBSD file space. Paul goyette and I are porting code to do this,
> but it's not done yet.
> 
> I've used hfs, and it lists all the mac partitions on the system as
> the first step. It lets you read them; nothing writes AFAIK.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Bill
>