ratmice Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment
Limy Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment
John_M Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment
ratmice Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment
ratmice Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 @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. Quote Link to comment
Happyjenmon Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 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! Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
volcs0 Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
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