![]() ![]() ![]() Mount the Ext2/Ext3 drive using the following Terminal command, and replacing the device name and mount path with that of your disk and your specified path:įuse-ext2 /dev/disk2s2 /Volumes/mountpoint. ![]() Create a new folder somewhere to use as a mount point (a folder in the hidden /Volumes directory is recommended, but it can be anywhere you desire).This can be done by enabling the viewing of all drive partitions, and then selecting the Ext2/Ext3 partition and getting information on it to get its device name, which will be something like "disk2s2." Attach your Ext2/Ext3 disk and Use Disk Utility to locate the device name of the drive.Install either MacFUSE or OSXFUSE (the latter is preferred).To use the FUSE system to mount and manage Ext2 and Ext3 filesystems, you will need to install the FUSE system along with a plug-in for Ext2/Ext3, and then mount the drives manually within your user account. These options will work to view and manage your files however, they do require setting up a full operating system installation and the use of virtual machine software.Īn alternative approach to these is to use the FUSE system (Filesystem in Userspace), which is a method of bypassing the need for full filesystem support by using a bridging system that allows users to run filesystem interpreter code within their user accounts, which will access a specified filesystem and translate it into a usable storage device.įUSE has been available for OS X in the MacFUSE project, but development for this has halted and FUSE is now available in the "FUSE for OS X" or "OSXFUSE" project, which derived from MacFUSE and shares much of its code base. If you have Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion installed, you can easily create a virtual machine of most Linux distributions (Ubuntu is widely supported) and use that to interface with the Ext2/Ext3 disk and then either network-transfer the files to the OS X host or likewise use an external FAT32 disk as a transfer intermediary. This will be the most compatible option for reading an Ext2 or Ext3 drive, but will also require you use a common filesystem format (ie, FAT32) as a transfer intermediary between the Linux and OS X installations.Ī second approach is to use a virtual machine package as an interface to a Linux installation. If you have a secondary drive in your system or have partitioned your primary drive, you can install Linux to this drive and dual boot your computer. ![]()
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