Disregard this question; to my embarrassment, I only discovered that Disk Utility's help discusses image formats a bit after posting that.
For the curious, I'm using a case-sensitive extended image, sparse bundle format, via Disk Utility. On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 01:02:39AM -0500, Doug Lee wrote: 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 -- Doug Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] SSB BART Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself." --Benjamin Franklin
