April 30, 20188 yr SSIA. I would really like a way to at least get at data if the server craps out. I would prefer a native method, as VMs may be beyond my knowledge level at this point. In the past I tried OSXFUSE, but my knowledge, to get it running, was obviously inadequate. Any help would be appreciated.
April 30, 20188 yr 1 hour ago, ratmice said: SSIA. I would really like a way to at least get at data if the server craps out. I would prefer a native method, as VMs may be beyond my knowledge level at this point. In the past I tried OSXFUSE, but my knowledge, to get it running, was obviously inadequate. Any help would be appreciated. I have not tried this, but one way would be to install VirtualBox on the mac and then create a virtual machine with a Linux that handles XFS. You have to install the VM VirtualBox Extension Pack to get USB 3 speeds which can be found in the downloads section of https://www.virtualbox.org. You could then put the drive in a USB enclosure and you should be able to read the drive then. Sorry I can't give you more detailed info, because I have not done this yet myself.
April 30, 20188 yr OSXFuse is available as a .dmg from here. Then you need the Fuse-XFS module from here, also a .dmg, so you won't have to compile anything from source. Note that it works in read-only mode - writes are not implemented - and the journal is ignored. The XFS module is alpha software and hasn't been updated for a couple of years but I used it a year or so ago and it worked on Mountain Lion. The disk won't automount but see the Readme that's included: fuse-xfs /dev/rdisk1s1 -- /mnt/xfs though the standard macOS mount point is below /Volumes rather than /mnt.
April 30, 20188 yr Author Thank you , John. Maybe I should give OSXFUSE another try.. I only need to read so that the data doesn't get dead-ended on the drives if something gets messed up.
April 30, 20188 yr Author @Limy: truthfully, that sounds like a decent option, however I am unsure that my current ability is up to the task. I have been avoiding VM utilization on my Mac, but may have to rethink it. Thanks for the answer.
July 12, 20232 yr Could you solve the problem, I now have the same problem that my NAS is down, and I do not get the disks read. How did you solve the problem? thanks for your help!
July 15, 20232 yr On 7/12/2023 at 4:10 AM, Happyjenmon said: my NAS is down, and I do not get the disks read. Easiest solution is to temporarily set up a trial version of Unraid on another machine and mount the drives there.
November 10, 20232 yr On 4/30/2018 at 1:46 PM, John_M said: OSXFuse is available as a .dmg from here. Then you need the Fuse-XFS module from here, also a .dmg, so you won't have to compile anything from source. Note that it works in read-only mode - writes are not implemented - and the journal is ignored. The XFS module is alpha software and hasn't been updated for a couple of years but I used it a year or so ago and it worked on Mountain Lion. The disk won't automount but see the Readme that's included: fuse-xfs /dev/rdisk1s1 -- /mnt/xfs though the standard macOS mount point is below /Volumes rather than /mnt. This is not working on my mac running Venture 13.4. If anyone knows of a current solution that can leverage my mac to read a disk, please let me know. Thanks.
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