hfs_fs is a kernel loadable module implementing the Macintosh HFS filesystem for Linux kernel versions 2.0.1 and newer. The current version is fully read-write.

I am pleased to announce that version 0.8.4 of hfs_fs is now available for immediate download from the HFS for Linux Page at http://www-sccm.Stanford.EDU/~hargrove/HFS/.

It is also available (or soon will be) from Sunsite (and its many mirrors) in ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/hfs/.

There are no serious bug fixes in the release. If it proves stable then hfs_fs will be submitted to Linux soon for inclusion in the 2.1.x kernel.

VERSIONS 0.8 AND 0.8.1 CONTAINED A BUG THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE LOSS OF BLOCKS WHEN FRAGMENTED FILES WERE DELETED. IF YOU USED THESE VERSIONS TO DELETE FILES THEN YOU SHOULD RUN EITHER Norton Utilities OR Disk First Aid UNDER MacOS TO RECOVER ANY LOST BLOCKS. USERS OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO UPGRADE IMMEDIATELY.

For those of you running AppleShare servers on your Linux machine (Netatalk or CAP), this software is a perfect way to mount Macintosh CDROMs on your Linux machine for export to your Macs.

The LSM entry for this package is: Begin3 Title: hfs_fs Version: 0.8.4 Entered-Date: 16APR97 Description: Source for a kernel loadable module implementing the Macintosh HFS filesystem for kernels 2.0.1 and newer. This is not an AppleShare client. Author: hargrove@sccm.Stanford.EDU (Paul H. Hargrove) Primary-Site: http://www-sccm.Stanford.EDU/~hargrove/HFS/ 177261 bytes hfs_fs-0.8.4.tar.gz Alternate-Site: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/hfs/ 177261 bytes hfs_fs-0.8.4.tar.gz Copying-Policy: GPL Keywords: HFS macintosh filesystem kernel module End

-- Paul H. Hargrove All material not otherwise attributed hargrove@sccm.stanford.edu is the opinion of the author or a typo.