Re: Mac CDs, Unix server, SCSI jukebox? Possible?

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From: Piercarlo Grandi
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:00

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>>> On Fri, 15 Dec 1995 19:18:06 -0500, Jason Frankovitz
>>> <jfrankov@fine.interart.com> said:

>>> : > We are about to extend our jukebox file system iXOS-JUKEMAN
>>> : > to HFS CDs. Do you know where to get the specification?

Jason> as far as I know, you'd have to get the HFS spec from Apple
Jason> themselves, who'll probably want some kind of licensing fee. Or
Jason> you could reverse engineer it, wouldn't that be fun :-)

There are some good news: there is a ready made HFS module for Linux,
and full source is available. It only support read access, but I think
but the HFS layout and data structures are still documented in the
source.

It is available from any Linux FTP server, with a name like
"hfs-0.5.x.tar.gz".

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From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
Subject: Re: Mac CDs, Unix server, SCSI jukebox? Possible?
Date: 1995/12/21
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