[wplug] Mounting Mac HDD?

[David G Matthews]

Yes, a Mac can have a primary and a secondary drive.  Additional drives
should be auto-detected in boot-up.  You should be able to just drag one
drive onto another.
-dgm


On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Falenski, Matt wrote:

> It's a bad HDD.  It wont boot the entire way. All extensions load, desktop
> Starts, and just locks up.  Drive was clicking but has stopped.  I was
> hoping
> To copy all docs off of it through our hero Linux.  It did get farther than 
> Any other thing I have tried.
> 
> I don't know much about Macs - can there be a primary & a secondary drive as
> PCs have?  Would I be able to just drag & drop from one drive to the
> desktop?
> 
> Tnx.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: T Quine [mailto:quining at hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:34 PM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: RE: [wplug] Mounting Mac HDD?
> 
> 
> I mentioned in another email.  It's an HFS+ filesystem.  You can mount it as
> 
> an HFS+ filesystem, *BUT* it's just a readonly filesystem with the message 
> telling you that you need a newer OS.   Try mounting it on a mac with OS 
> 8.0.1 or greater.  There (currently) isn't support for HFS+ filesystems with
> 
> linux.
> 
> -QUINE-
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Falenski, Matt" <mattf at setonhill.edu>
> >Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
> >To: "'wplug at wplug.org'" <wplug at wplug.org>
> >Subject: RE: [wplug] Mounting Mac HDD?
> >Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 07:55:17 -0400
> >
> >I was able to mount it with mount /dev/hdc /macdrive -t hfs but the 
> >drive tells me that I am using the wrong version of System.
> >
> >A file called "Where_have_all_of_my_files_gone_?" is in the root of the 
> >drive stating that I need to use a version of System >8.0.1 (I think 
> >that's the rev) There are files called Finder, Desktop_DB, and one or 
> >two hidden others. No folders though, just 5 or 6 files.  :(
> >
> >I'm trying to be the nice guy here & save any files for the user, but 
> >she was nothing but livid when I told her there was something wrong 
> >with the drive. (She's even a nun, nonetheless!)
> >
> >Tnx
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: harrold at sage.che.pitt.edu [mailto:harrold at sage.che.pitt.edu]
> >Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 6:47 PM
> >To: 'wplug at wplug.org'
> >Subject: Re: [wplug] Mounting Mac HDD?
> >
> >
> >what type of filesystem are you trying to mount it as? i believe mac's 
> >use hfs which you might have to recompile your kernel to support.
> >
> >is it hanging because you put an entry in the fstab and it cannot mount 
> >that, or is it hanging because when you're booting the ide channels are 
> >being probed?
> >
> >are you able to run fdisk and see the partitions?
> >
> >--
> >john
> >
> >Sometime in July Falenski, Matt assaulted keyboard and produced...
> >
> >|I was wondering if anyone here has mounted a Macintosh HDD under 
> >|Linux? Its a Western Digital 4.3G EIDE from a G3.
> >|
> >|It would hang on bootup. I want to try to pull any data off of it that 
> >|I can. (Mostly word & excel files)
> >|
> >|I've mounted nt, 2000, and dos drives but just cant seem to get this 
> >|one to go.  Any ideas?
> >|
> >|tnx
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