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acces a disk that contains multiples partitions

i had a Lacie drive but as it did not work anymore i have decided to directely conect the drive to my mac via USB

the drive is NOT recomised through the finder

BUT

disk utility see it (the disk is splitted into 7 drives - 1 big disk1s2, 6 small disk1s6, disk1s7, disk1s8 , disk1s9 and disk1s10

AND i can see it with Terminal

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk1

1: Linux 2.0 TB disk1s2

2: Linux_Swap 263.1 MB disk1s5

3: Linux 8.2 MB disk1s6

4: Linux 8.2 MB disk1s7

5: Linux 871.8 MB disk1s8

6: Linux 896.5 MB disk1s9

7: Linux 8.2 MB disk1s10

How can i access to the drive and the data ?

thanks

juliette

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 2, 2013 2:34 PM

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julietteg Author

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Jan 4, 2013 4:15 AM in response to julietteg

i had a look in the /media diretory but i cna only see the DVD... (virtual) but i cannot see it

BDAqua

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Jan 4, 2013 10:21 AM in response to julietteg

I'll have to have a look at VB's settings in about 12 hours to see if there's something there.

BDAqua

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Jan 4, 2013 10:23 AM in response to julietteg

On the Ethernet drive, did you browse the network?

julietteg Author

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Jan 4, 2013 10:37 AM in response to BDAqua

i cannot see my ethernet drive...

where is it supposed to appear?

julietteg Author

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Jan 4, 2013 10:40 AM in response to julietteg

i the setting of the irtual machine (lunix)

i can see that the network (wired) is connected...

1000mb/s

julietteg Author

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Jan 4, 2013 10:43 AM in response to julietteg

but my main concern is my usb drive.... i need to access to it as the goal of this is to be able to copy the data from my usb drive to... whereever! ethernet drive is ideal but another USB drive is fine...

BDAqua

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Jan 4, 2013 4:28 PM in response to julietteg

Can't remember at the moment, but isn't there a USB setting in VB's prefs somewhere?

julietteg Author

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Jan 5, 2013 1:52 AM in response to BDAqua

what VB pref?

i have enable the USB and usb2 controlers in virtualbox (no filter), install the aditional packages

BDAqua

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Jan 5, 2013 12:56 PM in response to julietteg

I knew I forgot something last night... will try to remember tonight, sorry.

julietteg Author

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Jan 6, 2013 3:26 AM in response to BDAqua

ok.... 😉

julietteg Author

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Jan 6, 2013 7:52 AM in response to julietteg

i can see USB via the network...

BUT

i still cannot see my disk that contains mutiple linux partition

i think it is because i did not mount then in the host

i have tried to mount it but without sucess

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BDAqua

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Jan 6, 2013 11:46 AM in response to julietteg

Juliette,

I've asked for help over on my site...

http://x704.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6281

acces a disk that contains multiples partitions