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Macbook Pro won't detect linux partitioned external HD. HELP!

I have a Seagate external HD. The external HD is running linux. My brand new Macbook Pro is running Mountain Lion. On my previous mac, I was running an older operating system. Snow Leopard I believe. When I plugged in the external linux HD, it would be detected and mount. When I plug in the HD to my new computer, a popup reads "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer. I have the option to initiatize, ignore, or eject. If I choose initialize or ignore, nothing happens and the disc won't mount. It is detected by the disk utility app, but it won't allow me to repair or verify disk permissions or mount the disk. I've already tried resetting PRAM and SMC. Is there any other way for this linux HD to be detected? I've heard that Mountain Lion doesn't have natice support for linux. Is there anything I can do? I just have to transfer some files from my mac to the linux partitioned drive. THanks.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Dec 4, 2012 9:57 PM

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Turpulus Author

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Dec 12, 2012 4:57 PM in response to g_wolfman

I"m so much closer. The volume will mount now, but I am getting a message that says Socket is Not Connected. What does that mean? THe drive mounts when I put in the command but it is not writable still.

Turpulus Author

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Dec 12, 2012 9:28 PM in response to Turpulus

Well I just made things worse. I followed these instructions:

http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=32820

I added the rw+ to the fuse-ext2 script. Now I can't even get the drive to mount! AHHHHH!!!!

g_wolfman

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Dec 13, 2012 4:34 AM in response to Turpulus

Maybe at this point try (in order):

1. Reinstalling OSXFuse;

2. Reinstalling Fuse-ext2; and

3. Trying the steps for mounting the drive again.

I know you've been trying many things (and in many different orders). So try resetting everything to as close to a clean slate as you can. But I really don't have any new suggestions. I have OSXFuse, I've installed Fuse-ext2 and the steps I outlined work...so you should be able to get it to work for you.

Turpulus Author

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Dec 13, 2012 1:13 PM in response to g_wolfman

I downloaded and installed a fresh version. Same thing. Basically with the unaltered fuse-ext2 I can get the drive to mount no problem, but it just won't boot. When I force it to read, I get the Socket is Not Connected Message. When I alter the fuse-ext2 file and add rw+ to it, I lose the ability to mount the drive. I think I'm going to give up on this approach.

How does this sound? On my old mac, I had Snow Leopard and it had no problem reading and writing to the Linux drive. It just took really long to do it. I would partition 20GB or so of my current HD into Snow Leopard. Transfer the files from my mountain lion partition to my snow leopard partition and then from there transfer it to Linux. Are there any serious risks to partitioning a new mac book pro into an older operating system like snow leopard? Thanks again!

g_wolfman

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Dec 13, 2012 3:47 PM in response to Turpulus

That one I can't advise you about...I don't use Snow Leopard anymore, nor do I multi-partition my boot drive.

Macbook Pro won't detect linux partitioned external HD. HELP!