[R-SIG-Mac] Case distinction on a Mac.

[David Winsemius]

On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:08 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:

>
> On 20/02/2009, at 2:51 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
>
>> Rolf;
>>
>> I think you should check whether reformatting is really necessary.  
>> My understanding is that Disk Utility will allow repartitioning and  
>> one can choose a disk format at the time that a new partition is  
>> created.
>
> Not clear to me what you're saying here.  Are you suggesting that I  
> (could) partition my
> hard drive into a chunk containing the current file system and a new  
> chunk (with
> nothing --- yet --- written on it)?  And that I could choose a disk  
> format for
> the new chunk such that the file system would be case-sensitive there?

Yes you could. Whether you want to do so may be the proper question,  
but it should not be for concern about safety.
>
>
> But then I'd get case sensitivity only when working with files  
> stored in the new
> chunk, is it not so?
>
> Sounds dangerous to me, anyhow!

Those of us with dual boot systems (which are quite common these days)  
have multiple filesystems and the Mac OS handles them smoothly behind  
the scenes. My second drive has a 32 GB FAT32 partition where WinXP  
sits and a much larger partition where my Time Machine backups reside.  
The Mac sees both, but Windows can only access the FAT32 partition  
since it is unable to read the MacOS Extended (Journaled) partition.

-- 
David Winsemius
>
>
> I don't have much of an understanding of file systems and  
> partitioning, I'm afraid.
>
> 	cheers,
>
> 		Rolf
>
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