[G4] HFS+ vs. UFS for Panther boot partition on G4

[Doug McNutt]

At 04:26 -0800 11/23/05, Aaron wrote:
>I have a few hard disks that I'll shortly be reformatting. While I'll probably format one of them, at least, to boot into OS X on earlier Macs, I want to format one to be best for running OS X on my G4 Dual MDD. I'm wondering about the advantages of the UNIX file system vs. HFS+ for the OS X boot partition.

I'm betting that OS neXt would refuse to install on a strictly UNIX file system. neXt uses resource forks and file metadata - TYPE and CREATOR - that are nor supported in UNIX file systems.

The Linux folks have gone away from the older UFS to newer and better stuff.

It is possible, even without server software, to make an HFS+ file system that is case-sensitive. I had some difficulty booting Panther from such a disk but I do most of my work on a partition that is case sensitive. It makes testing of stuff that is headed for a real UNIX box more realistic.

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