[wellylug] mounting on Mac

[Andrew Tarr]

It is definitely possible at least for some version of Mac OS X, I found one of those MacOS X software packages to do exactly this. It worked fine for both reading and writing - the only weak spot is that it wouldn't fix filesystems that hadn't been properly unmounted, instead it would simply refuse to mount them. 

The filesystem was ext3, and I believe it did mount it as ext3 but I can't be entirely sure on that point - I suppose it could have mounted it as ext2.

I used it fairly constantly for several months without problems, but the hard-drive involved only really stored music, so there was a fair bit of reading I guess, but only relatively small amounts of writing, and definitely nothing terribly intensive. 

I do recall the software was no longer maintained, though, so it may not work with later versions. 

Unfortunately my Mac mini is pretty sick these days - it no longer boots, and I haven't gotten around to fixing the damn thing. I can't remember any more details about the software.  So I can't help you any more in your search to say it's definitely out there somewhere. 

Assuming I can get the data off the mac mini, I can tell you what I used - it's been sitting in a drawer for months, but maybe I'll try something this weekend. 

It is a bit unfortunate if the best common filesystem between two unix-like operating systems based on free software turns out to be NTFS...

-Andrew. 

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:24:45 +1200
> Von: E Chalaron <e.chalaron at xtra.co.nz>
> An: e.chalaron at xtra.co.nz, Wellington Linux Users Group <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
> Betreff: Re: [wellylug] mounting on Mac

> Ok Thanks a lot for the replies ... It may be possible then....  :-D
> 
> > Hello all
> >
> > Can a Mac OS X mount an ext 2,3 or 4 (anything alese) file system at
> > least in read only ?
> > Of course I googled it and as usual the answer is clearly.... not clear.
> > I found some yes and  no without any real good explanation in both
> cases.
> >
> > Any comment / help.
> > Thanks a lot
> > Edouard
> 
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