So one of the obstacles to using any Linux on Mac hardware is how to transfer files from ext to HFS. The first two pieces of advice I'd give is use ext2 (not ext3 or ext4) whenever possible, because while you gain a journaled file system (ext3) and extra speed (ext4), you lose reliability and compatibility. If you can help it, set things up so when you boot Mac OS you only need read access, not read/write.

For Mac OS 9: (MountX) (if anyone has a newer version, please share. This is an alpha version, it works, but as far as I know this software was developed until version 1.0d11, but those versions are mentioned online but no longer available for download).

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3809776/MountX_1.0a1.sit.hqx

For Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: (MacFuse+fuse-ext2)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3809776/MacFUSE-2.0.3%2C2.dmg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3809776/fuse-ext2-0.0.7.dmg


For Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: (OSXFuse+fuse-ext2)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3809776/OSXFUSE-2.3.9.dmg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3809776/fuse-ext2-0.0.7.dmg

Moved to Guides.

Thank you for your clear, concise, contributions.

Thank you for your interest in Macintosh hardware and Linux.

I envy your collection of Macs, as shown on 68kmla.org.

I had a Mac Plus (beige, not platinum, circa 1986), fixed the flyback transformer twice with a soldering iron and resistors from Radio Shack, had to dump it.

I had an SE/30 with 128MB Ram and an SE/PDS Ethernet card capable of booting over tftp (aka The diskless Mac, in the early 1990's mind) OpenBSD 2.4 (with X11), and had to let it go (no room and no money to move it!).

Centris 650 (25mhz) logic board with PC power supply, upgraded with instructions from oenablers.com to a Quadra 650 (40mhz), it beat my friend's Powermac 6100/60 in Marathon 2 for performance!

And my Powermac 8500, with Powerlogix 210 G3 overclocked to 300 (it actually ran better at 300 than at the advertized speed!). I used NeXTStep 1991-1997 and loved it. Still have original OpenStep 4 CDs (68k and i386).

Still have a Newton 2000 and a Powermac 9600, as well as a 7200/120. Working on getting those running MintPPC or at least OpenBSD or YDL (hence my intense focus on Old World booting via OF).