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On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 08:00:57AM +1100, Andrew Reilly wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 08:25:32AM -0800, Bill Studenmund wrote:
>=20
> > Try case-sensitive HFS+. You can't use it for your root partition (both=
=20
> > because I don't know how to get the CD tools to make one and also becau=
se=20
> > MacOS X won't run on case-sensitive file systems - or didn't in 10.2), =
but=20
> > it will work with any other partition. Look at man newfs_hfs, especiall=
y=20
> > the '-s' option. I have pkgsrc on my laptop using it.
>=20
> Thanks for the info: maybe I'll try that next time I do a
> partition or lose a hard drive.  Is there any particular
> advantage, other than being able to lose stuff in non-data
> forks?

Apple likes HFS. It's their main file system, and they will be adding=20
features to it in the future. It's the one they will make sure performs=20
well, and it's the one they will pay attention to.

Take care,

Bill

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