read extern drive in ubuntu

[Todd Edwards]

> On Jun/28/2010 7:5222 AM, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> > Hi All,  I have a friend that has an old Macentosh hard drive that has a
> > book she has written on it.  Can I put the drive in my external hard
> > drive case and read in in Ubuntu and put it on DVD. She has been told
> > that Windows will not be able to read it.  I told her I thought I could
> > do it for her but want to be sure before she mails the drive to me.
> >
> 
> 
> How old is old? What others have said about HFS and HFS+ is valid for 
> importing the file itself, but in what format is it? If it is in .txt, 
> .rtf, or one of the various flavors of .doc, you can use Open Office.

I don't believe the format of the document is important in this case.
The computer she is connecting the drive to needs to be able to read the
file system on the drive. Being that it's an 'old' Macintosh drive I
would have no idea though unfortunately. I know the new Apple computers
use some flavor of EXT Journaled, but I'm still not sure if Ubuntu can
read it or not. Maybe someone with a bit more Apple experience can chime
in?

> But if it was created earlier than 1998, it might be in an old Mac 
> proprietary format created in Claris Works, for instance. In that case, 
> your friend needs to convert it herself into a more universally readable 
> format. There is a Mac program made by DataViz that can convert old Mac 
> formatted documents to more universally usable formats called 
> MacLinkPlus Deluxe. Even having used this program, she would be wise to 
> proofread the result to make sure it meets her specifications.

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Todd Edwards