EXT3?

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EXT3?

I'm a linux user for work, and I need to mount an ext3 drive on my MacBook, which is running 10.4.11.
Erasing the drive is not an option, as i have no feasible means of copying 200 GB of data without losing something.

Intel Based MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Ext3 External USB HD

Posted on Feb 1, 2008 12:12 PM

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Centrisian Author

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Feb 1, 2008 12:12 PM in response to Centrisian

Can anyone help me with this?

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baltwo

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Feb 1, 2008 12:28 PM in response to Centrisian

AFAIK, your MacBook cannot mount ext3 HDs.

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Kappy

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Feb 1, 2008 1:04 PM in response to Centrisian

Baltwo is correct, but there are Linux programs that (a) can emulate a Mac; and (b) that can read/write a Mac HFS formatted drive. Perhaps one of those alternatives would provide a solution for you.

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Centrisian Author

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Feb 1, 2008 1:16 PM in response to Kappy

Ok, I've managed to have OS X recognize the drive and tell me that it can be read.
(sourceforge page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ )
The problem that I am having (after a bit more research) is that I have a bad superblock, and fsck can't find any alternatives.
Am I just fscked on this then?

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baltwo

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Feb 1, 2008 3:58 PM in response to Centrisian

Glad you found something that gets around the baseline OS X limitation. I can't help with the bad block problem. Good luck.

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