On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Anthony Sorace <a...@9srv.net> wrote: > On Apr 7, 2011, at 11:45, Paul Lalonde wrote: > >> Fortunately you can build a case-insensitive file system on a mac, within a >> file. > > Just in case this wasn't obvious, you can do this with the real, on-disk > filesystem, too. There's no "upgrading" an existing FS, so this is most > practical when getting a new box, but it's the first thing I do to a new Mac > (it's nice for reasons other than just 9vx). I know several other people who > do the same. The only reported problems are MS Office and a few games ported > (poorly) from Windows. > > (Er, and the OS X AoE driver, initially, but the maker has fixed that)
I considered making the osx root case-sensitive but found too many "don't do this" stories on the web, in particular concerning MS office. I hate it but I have to have a working MS office to get along with corporate. ron
