I'm not sure if this is on topic or off topic for this list, as it is rather not related to VoiceOver...
I need a case-sensitive file system on a Mac Mini for backing up a Unix box. I failed to notice, when buying my Mini, that Leopard defaults to a case-insensitive file system. I gather from googling that Apple does not recommend running Leopard itself on a case-sensitive file system, so I assume I need to use a file-based file system of some sort, meaning an image file. There seem to be a number of choices there thogh, and I confess I feel rather lost among them. Reference man pages for hdik(8), hdid(8), and hdiutil(1), though these are really programs, not formats. hdik(8) lists a few possible formats, such as UDIF images and sparse images. What I'd really like is a file that mounts like a disk image but only consumes as much real file space as necessary for its contents. The image needs to handle case-sensitive file names, full Unix permissions (maybe excluding ACLs because I don't use those so far), and possibly flags (see chflags(1)), though I don't know if I really need the last of these. Any information much appreciated, including whether I'm so off topic as to look like I'm trying to buy a hamburger at a hotdog stand. <grin> -- Doug Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] SSB BART Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on to say, `Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'" --Marcus Aurelius
