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Old 01-11-2004, 09:26 PM   #1
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Where is my second drive?


I have a box running RH9.0 and I just added a second drive that has a Mac OS X file system on it (not the os). I was wondering where I find it (the drive) in the Linux file system so I can see if my files are there. Please help.
 
Old 01-11-2004, 09:44 PM   #2
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you have to mount it to a point in your file system. the command is mount.

mount /dev/yourdrive -t filesystem /mnt/yourdirectory

yourdrive = should be the drive letter, if its the slave on the primary ide it will be hdb
filesystem = the filesystem that the drive is using ( hfs I think for mac osx
yourdirectory = where you want it mounted.

Usually you create the directory first using "mkdir /mnt/macdrive" say.

You can also add a line in your fstab, to do this automatically when you boot.
 
Old 01-11-2004, 09:54 PM   #3
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Great advice. Unfortunately I can't see my files, but it's no big deal. Apparently I had the OS 8 drivers on the disk and linux won't mess with it because of that. Apple has a cool little readme in there for people who try to mount the disk with an OS that can't read the files. The readme explains everything. Thanks for your help.
 
Old 05-12-2004, 02:25 PM   #4
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if i have a hsf drive with 2 partitions how do i mount the second one?
the first one mounts with : mount -l /dev/sdb /mnt/usb (i already ahve a scsi hdd on the computer so sda is taken)
but the second one dose not mout with:

mount -t hfs /dev/sdb1[...2...3...4 etc..] /mnt/usb
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
or too many mounted file systems

or.....

mount -t hfs /dev/sdc[...d...e...f...g..etc] /mnt/usb
mount: /dev/sdc is not a valid block device

where has it gone?
if i can get it mopunted i have access to my mp3 collection.. and this computer is finally usable! :P

Last edited by crm; 05-12-2004 at 02:41 PM.
 
  


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