Installing FreeBSD from CD

[Michael Dexter]

>>Hmm. Has anyone experimented with yar's port of Apple HFS code in 
>>this context? Tiger introduces case-sensitivity (don't laugh) and 
>>perhaps a re-synced version of his kernel module could be built-in 
>>to give HFS-X bootability and a chance of the target-disk-mode 
>>formatting trick to work.
>>
>>http://people.freebsd.org/~yar/hfs/
>
>  The patch doesn't apply to current after some phk modifications to 
>the buf code. I saw that Andrew Reiter created a p4 branch to bring 
>this up to date:
>
>   http://perforce.freebsd.org/branchView.cgi?BRANCH=hfs%5farr
>
>  ... but it's a big job.

Is ext2 a viable alternative? I see that 5.4 (perhaps earlier 
versions too) now support sparse superblocks (eliminating a 
once-required tune2fs command) and that the module is included with 
GENERIC. (Though may need to be built-in to boot?)

Might you have any insights as to if yar are Andrew are more 
appropriate/qualified to continue the HFS work? I see that yar's 
original work was sponsored in Moscow.

If you haven't seen it, here's Apple's page on HFSX:

http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#HFSX

Case sensitivity and journaling may make it a viable alternative, 
licenses permitting. Maybe a naive assertion on my part!

Michael.