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I am running OS X 10.5.5 on a Mac Pro (10GB RAM) and have parallels running virtual machines with Win XP and Ubuntu 8.1.
I have moved a SATA drive formatted ext3 (single partition) from an Ubuntu system to the Mac.
OS X sees the drive and offers to format it, but I decline since I would like to recover the data. The Mac then ignores the drive.
I assumed I would be able to mount and read the ext3 partition under a virtual machine running linux, but no. The linux virtual machine will not see the SATA drive that is not already mounted on the Mac.
In 20-20 hindsight, I should have backed up all the data to CD/DVD in some common format.
I would like to either mount the ext3 (read-only is fine) on the Mac, OR have some way to mount the partition from within linux.
Any suggestions other than getting another computer and building a linux box to copy the data off?
I have moved a SATA drive formatted ext3 (single partition) from an Ubuntu system to the Mac.
OS X sees the drive and offers to format it, but I decline since I would like to recover the data. The Mac then ignores the drive.
I assumed I would be able to mount and read the ext3 partition under a virtual machine running linux, but no. The linux virtual machine will not see the SATA drive that is not already mounted on the Mac.
In 20-20 hindsight, I should have backed up all the data to CD/DVD in some common format.
I would like to either mount the ext3 (read-only is fine) on the Mac, OR have some way to mount the partition from within linux.
Any suggestions other than getting another computer and building a linux box to copy the data off?