Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
I have a HFS+ external disk that I wish to use with Ubuntu.
This is what I have done till now:
Following the advice on
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http://raamdev.com/2008/mounting-hfs-with-write-access-in-debian/
I went for
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sudo apt-get install hfsplus hfsutils hfsprogs
After which, I edited my fstab entry to include:
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8664920a-12b8-375e-98df-20100d87646e /media/katya hfs+ user ,rw,force 0 2
Then, through Nautilus, I tried changing permissions for the external drive. I was unable to do that.
I get the following error message:
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Sorry, could not change the permissions of "WD SmartWare": Error setting permissions: Read-only file system
and
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The owner could not be changed. Sorry, could not change the owner of "katya": Error setting owner: Read-only file system
'katya' is my external HFS+ drive's name.
I understand that disabling 'journaling' in HFS+ is not a good idea as it is a useful function.
I need to access the drive urgently.
What's the solution?
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
i vaguelly remember having to disable journaling in HFS+ in order to access the drive for writing. I think thats the only way to do it but i let you google that yourself.
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
Just a thought, but your fstab settings don't match mine:
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/dev/sda1 /mac hfsplus force,rw,exec,auto,users,uid=501,gid=100 0 1
Gotta be honest I stole this setting from somewhere on the forums ages ago :)
hope it helps!
Edit: don't forget to restart after!
Edit 2 - also just noticed you've got a space between user and the comma - if this is in your fstab, could also be a problem.
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
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Originally Posted by
jjex22
Just a thought, but your fstab settings don't match mine:
Gotta be honest I stole this setting from somewhere on the forums ages ago :)
hope it helps!
Edit: don't forget to restart after!
I entered your solution and tried to change user through nautilus. It did not work. Did you have a 'journaled' HFS+ drive by any chance?
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8664920a-12b8-375e-98df-20100d87646e /media/katya hfsplus force,rw,exec,auto,users,uid=501,gid=100 0 1
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
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Originally Posted by
jjex22
Just a thought, but your fstab settings don't match mine:
Gotta be honest I stole this setting from somewhere on the forums ages ago :)
hope it helps!
Edit: don't forget to restart after!
Restart the laptop or the drive?
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
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Originally Posted by
cholericfun
i vaguelly remember having to disable journaling in HFS+ in order to access the drive for writing. I think thats the only way to do it but i let you google that yourself.
I have also looked at solutions to disable journaling through Ubuntu and Windows. I have not found straightforward answers.
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
In the case anybody wants more information to solve this issue:
Information about the external drive.
I have 2 partitions. I have not made them. I had used this drive with a mac.
/dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2
/dev/sdb1 is fat32 (file system), boot(flag)
/dev sdb2 is hfs+ (file system), and it's mount point is /media/katya
This is the main partition, as in, it's size is 930.54 GB and my data goes in this partition.
Using this info:
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8664920a-12b8-375e-98df-20100d87646e /media/katya hfsplus force,rw,exec,auto,users,uid=501,gid=100 0 1
or
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8664920a-12b8-375e-98df-20100d87646e /media/katya hfs+ user ,rw,force 0 2
Is there any error?
Also note that I have installed the hfs programs using:
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sudo apt-get install hfsplus hfsutils hfsprogs
Whether possible or not, kindly let me know.
(If not, then what's the next best method)
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
Hi there, it's definitely journalled - as is the mac way - it's on an internal partition though...
But yes restart your PC - hopefully it'll pick it up at boot?
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
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Originally Posted by
jjex22
Hi there, it's definitely journalled - as is the mac way - it's on an internal partition though...
But yes restart your PC - hopefully it'll pick it up at boot?
At start up... serious error were found in disk drive...
press i to ignore
s to skip mount
m for manual recovery
I pressed "s" to skip mount
Edit: I removed the usb and re-plugged it. Ubuntu is now reading the drive. For safety, I am deleting the fstab entry I had made.
Re: Read and 'Write' HFS+ disk
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Originally Posted by
katya_sehgal
I have also looked at solutions to disable journaling through Ubuntu and Windows. I have not found straightforward answers.
this is just very vague recollection of mine, i think it was an issue of switching off the journaling in OSX or never. Havent done any searches on recent developments though...
