Re: iPod Classic, journaled hfsplus (hfs+) and linux

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:25:46 -0500, Scott Alfter <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1j2jb5x6vd.ln2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jerry McBride <jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nuno J. Silva wrote:
Now, I'm trying it again with gtkpod, and before getting any result, I
found that it was mounted read-only, because writing to the journaled
hfs+ filesystem is not recommended.
[...]
But is there any way to solve this just using linux? (I have no Mac OS X
or Windoze computer available here) Or is there any mature hfs+
journaled (writing) support?

You didn't do your homework, before you spent your money. The best possible
solution for you is to format the partition as vfat and start over. Next
time, avoid apple proprietary filesystems at all costs.

FAT32 means you're stuck with filesizes no larger than 2 GB...not a problem
if music is all you plan on putting on it, but it could be an issue if you
use your iPod as a sneakernet device. It takes two seconds on a Mac to
disable HFS+ journaling; even if you don't have one yourself, I'd think a
quick trip to the nearest Apple store (or other retailer) would get you
access long enough to shut off journaling.

The bigger problem is that FAT is prone to easy file loss and crosslinking. That
piece of *** file system should never have been ported to anything larger than
180K.
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