acces a disk that contains multiples partitions

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julietteg Author

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acces a disk that contains multiples partitions

Hi

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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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Jan 2, 2013 5:44 PM in response to julietteg

You can't mount a Linux-formatted drive without some kind of third-party software, and I'm not even sure whether it exists. If you want to preserve the data on the drive, you'll have to mount it on a Linux system and copy the data to another volume, for example in FAT32 or ExFAT format. That would be readable on a Mac. You can then repartition the LaCie drive if you wish.

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julietteg Author

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Jan 3, 2013 1:45 AM in response to Linc Davis

thanks

do you mean that i cannot mount it on my mac?

i did not try to read it on a PC (as i do not have pc..) do you thik i can read something with a PC?

juliette

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BDAqua

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Jan 3, 2013 3:24 AM in response to julietteg

Not sure this'll work, but might try installing Linux using VirtualBox...

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads+

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julietteg Author

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Jan 3, 2013 3:34 AM in response to julietteg

thanks

i will try this,

i also have a look, i may be able to to something by installing macfuse... or ask friends to install tool like

DiskInternals Linux Reader...

if not i will try to install linux... but i think it is too complicated for me!

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julietteg Author

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Jan 3, 2013 3:44 AM in response to julietteg

in addition, if i install a virtual machine, i may be able to read my drive BUT nt able to copy its containt somewhere else...😕

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BDAqua

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Jan 3, 2013 4:08 AM in response to julietteg

I think you'll be able to see/read/write/copy both Mac & Linux partitions... I can here using Parrallels & VB. 🙂

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Linc Davis

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Jan 3, 2013 6:46 AM in response to julietteg

do you mean that i cannot mount it on my mac?

Yes.

do you thik i can read something with a PC?

On a PC running Linux, yes. Under Windows, only with third-party software.

Installing something like like OSXFUSE (not the obsolete MacFUSE) or virtualization software is really a job for an advanced user. You don't say where you got this disk or what's on it. If possible, I suggest you go back to the source and try to get the data in a more portable form.

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