Extracting file off a Powerbook HD on a PC.

[Garou]

Is there anyway I can get files out of a powerbook hd running OSX on a windows xp pc?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks alot.

[faulkner132]

I'm not sure you can do it directly from Windows, but I am pretty sure you can do it from Linux. Attach your Powerbook HD to your Windows machine and try this:

1. Download Knoppix Linux Live CD (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html)
2. Burn it to CD
3. Boot with the burned CD in your drive
4. Knoppix Linux will load (don't worry, it won't hurt your Windows install)
5. Plug in a USB drive
6. Access your Mac HD and copy the files to your USB drive

Hope this works for you. Good luck.

[glc]

If the Powerbook hard drive is still in the Powerbook, you can network the 2 together for filesharing.

[faulkner132]

Originally Posted by glc If the Powerbook hard drive is still in the Powerbook, you can network the 2 together for filesharing.

I was under the impression this was not the case, however if it is, you can either:

1. Network like GLC said
2. Copy to USB flash drive
3. Compress and email the files to yourself

All of these options are significantly easier than what I posted above... this, of course, assumes your Powerbook is working.

[glc]

I forgot about the USB flash drive method - this is truly the easiest if the Powerbook works and the flash drive is big enough to hold the file or files in question. E-mailing is a last resort unless they are SMALL files.

[Garou]

Hey thanks for the fast responses.. You guys are quick.
the problem is I have to extract about 5 gigs of music from the mac powerbook hd and I already removed the hd from the powerbook. the fun part is to get them from the mac hd to my hd so I can toss it.

[Garou]

Well I tried Knoppix Linux and I plugged in the HD that I removed from the macbook..
It says this:

Could not mount device.
The reported error was:
/dev/sda10: Invalid argument
mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified

Is there anyway to work around this?

Thanks.

[faulkner132]

http://jclark.org/weblog/Miscellany/ubuntumount.html

This was written for a Ubuntu Live CD, but buy using "su" in place of "sudo" it might work in Knoppix. If not, just download the Ubuntu Live CD and try it.

[kilgoretrout]

Beofre you try to mount the device, try loading the hfs+ module. OSX uses hfs+ instead of the older hfs filesystem. You need to have the kernel module loaded for hfs+ before you can mount an hfs+ partition and it is usually not loaded by default in most linux distros. In knoppix, open a console and run:

$ su
# modprobe hfsplus
# mkdir /media/osx
# mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda** /media/osx

where sda** corresponds to the OSX partition you want to mount. From your prior post you have apparently determined this is sda10. Assuming that is right and the mount command goes OK, you should see the contents of the drive when you navigate to the mount point, /media/osx.

[Garou]

Originally Posted by kilgoretrout Beofre you try to mount the device, try loading the hfs+ module. OSX uses hfs+ instead of the older hfs filesystem. You need to have the kernel module loaded for hfs+ before you can mount an hfs+ partition and it is usually not loaded by default in most linux distros. In knoppix, open a console and run: $ su # modprobe hfsplus # mkdir /media/osx # mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda** /media/osx where sda** corresponds to the OSX partition you want to mount. From your prior post you have apparently determined this is sda10. Assuming that is right and the mount command goes OK, you should see the contents of the drive when you navigate to the mount point, /media/osx.

This is a FASCINATING OS!!

I just plogged the HD via usb and I can browse through the files..
The only thing is that I dont know how to set up permissions to the the music files i need...

[kilgoretrout]

I believe hfs+ partitions are read only in linux. From your initial post, I assume you want to copy the music files from your hfs+ partition to another partition readable by windows.
NTFS is generally read only in linux as well but there are tools available to allow writing to an NTFS partition in linux. I don't know if they are included in knoppix and I really don't recommend attepting to write to NTFS in linux since you run the risk of trashing the file system.
The easiest solution is to copy the music files to a FAT32 partition which is both readable and writable from linux. However, knoppix mounts all partitions read only for safety reasons. To change that to read/write on a FAT32 partition, right click on the drive icon for the FAT32 partition you want to use. IIRC from the drop down menu you go to Advanced>mount read-write and the partition will be remounted read/write. You can then copy your songs to the FAT32 partition.
Alternatively, you can burn the music files to a cd-r or dvd-r if you have a burner available. The program to do that from within linux is called "k3b" and it looks and operates pretty much like nero.

[faulkner132]

Originally Posted by kilgoretrout The easiest solution is to copy the music files to a FAT32 partition which is both readable and writable from linux. However, knoppix mounts all partitions read only for safety reasons. To change that to read/write on a FAT32 partition, right click on the drive icon for the FAT32 partition you want to use. IIRC from the drop down menu you go to Advanced>mount read-write and the partition will be remounted read/write. You can then copy your songs to the FAT32 partition. Alternatively, you can burn the music files to a cd-r or dvd-r if you have a burner available. The program to do that from within linux is called "k3b" and it looks and operates pretty much like nero.

I agree with kilgoretrout- if you have a FAT32 partition, use that.
Burning a CD/DVD with a Live CD is sketchy because there is no temporary hard drive space. Additionally you would have to have 2 CD/DVD drives (1 to run the Live CD from and 1 to burn the CD/DVD with).
I would go with a USB flash drive. You may have to make several reboots to get all your files, but this way you can be sure all your files copy correctly. If you don't have a USB drive, they are ultra cheap, so cost shouldn't be a factor.

[Garou]

Hey I wanted to give an update.
My system has 2 dvd burners.. I just got a USB Cradle for laptop hd's.
Hopefully I can get the music files in 2 dvd's because the music folder is about 5 gigs.
the only problem is getting to the music files because knoppix and ubuntu says im not the owner..
Is there another to get around this?

Thanks.

[Mac Medic]

Wow, not to make this too easy or anything!

Go into you sharing preferences pane and turn on "personal file sharing" and "windows sharing". Make sure the firewall is off for now.

Go to your Macs desktop and press command+k, click "browse" and choose your windows machine. If it doesn't show in the browser, physically go to the windows machine and browse for the Mac in windows explorer.

[faulkner132]

Mac Medic, he said in his earlier post the hard drive is no longer in his laptop, so this is not an option.

Try this to see if it will let you change the permissions--
Knoppix:

su chmod 0755 /media/osx

or

su chmod 0777 /media/osx

Ubuntu:

sudo chmod 0755 /media/osx

or

sudo chmod 0777 /media/osx

Long shot, but it might work.

[Mac Medic]

Oops, I missed that. Ok then.

Download a free trial of MacDrive http://www.macdrive.com/products/macdrive6/

Connect the HD to your windows box (USB enclosure etc...) and you should be good to go.

[glc]

There you go - good for 5 days.

[faulkner132]

Originally Posted by Mac Medic Oops, I missed that. Ok then. Download a free trial of MacDrive http://www.macdrive.com/products/macdrive6/ Connect the HD to your windows box (USB enclosure etc...) and you should be good to go.

Simple enough.
This is much easier than the LiveCD nightmare we have been working with.