[Discussion] [Linux] Starting the move to MAC

[Carl Gehr]

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:14:28 -0800, Dave Yeo wrote:

>On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:58:09 -0400 (EDT), Carl Gehr wrote:
>
>>3)  Ubuntu can actually read all the HPFS files on the TPad.
>>    I've not tried to actually change anything yet, so I don't
>>    know how safe that process is.
>
>The HPFS support in Linux seems pretty good. You can't do anything with
>the Extended Attributes but they are preserved if copying from/to HPFS.
>Linux does support EAs now and sees our EAs on JFS. EAs are pretty new
>on Linux.

That's good to know.  Especially that JFS is also supported. Right now,
the only JFS partition that I have is on a USB External HD. Maybe I'll
try attaching that the next time I boot Ubuntu.