Re: resizing hfs+ partition

[K.G.]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:45:37 +0100
Sven Luther <address@hidden> wrote:

> tags 294773 + upstream
> thanks
> 
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 08:45:07PM +0100, K.G. wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:41:42 +0100
> > > BTW, i have a bug report telling me that there is no support for journaled
> > > HFS+, could you comment on this ? 
> > > 
> > > Friendly,
> > > 
> > > Sven Luther
> > > 
> > 
> > This is true, although this is more a feature request than a bug report :)
> > I've already written the code to handle journals some month ago, but it
> > needs a few more tests
> > ( the code is at http://xilun.nerim.net/Projet/Parted/Beta/ )
> 
> Indeed. I wonder if Victor would be willing to test this on his new minimac.
> Victor, maybe you could create a smallish hfs+ journaled partition for testing
> this ? 
> 
> BTW, what about porting it to the development branch of the parted CVS ? Now
> that the hfs+ patches have been merged in ? 

I project to do that...

> > For the moment an easy solution is to desactivate the journal with mac os x 
> > disk utils (or command line tools) before resizing, and activating it back 
> > after.
> 
> That is what he did, worked well. Should maybe be added to debian-installer
> errata files for now ? 

Very good idea. You can also add that HFSX isn't yet supported.

> 
> Friendly,
> 
> Sven Luther
>