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Old 01-17-2008, 07:21 PM
Michael Vilain
 
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Default Re: What is the best partition type for OS X, Win2k, Sparc (solaris) and Linux?

In article <pan.2004.06.16.19.56.32.672446@yahoo.com>,
Dave Uhring <daveuhring@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:45:06 -0700, "Michael Vilain <vilai wrote:
>
> > MacOS require either HFS+ (perferred) or UFS. Can't boot from
> > FATanything.

>
> But it also seems to support MSDOS, as do all the other OSs mentioned by
> the OP.
>
> http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_fs.html


I was aware that MacOS X could read MSDOS disks (that link is great,
thanks), but I'm pretty sure that the Macintosh OpenFirmware won't boot
from MSDOS formatted partitions.

Have you tried it and does it work (that was my point)?

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