Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread: Ezques external firewire hdd cannot mount

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Posts
    1

    Ezques external firewire hdd cannot mount

    My friend told me that it is possible to use Linux to access a nonaccessible fat 32 partition. So I have an external firewire 120gb hdd (80gb used) which is not accessible.

    It was used in MAC OS X and keeps asking us to initialize it. SO i tried to access it in Window XP but whenever I click the drive, it asks me to format.

    So I booted Knoppix and the firewire drive showed up. Click on it and got the following error:

    “Could not mount device. The report error was mount: I could not determine the file system type & none was specified”

    How can I moun the hdd by other means as I need to recover 80gb of the data for my user

    Thanks
    CD

  2. #2
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Posts
    9
    I'm prob out of my element here (MACOS = not me) but do you think the part. is not accessible because of a damaged partition table? I just had some luck using Knoppix to recover a W98 HD using a utility called gpart. It can sniff out and rebuild the MBR Partition table in some cases. It is on the knoppix cd and it ran from a super user term window. like gpart /dev/hdx The usage nfo on the CD is insufficient but I found a pretty good description on it's use on the web. Try google for gpart and see what you can find.
    If Knoppix found the HD that at least is a good sign. I'll try to help if we can come up with why the disk is not accessible. Lemme know.

Similar Threads

  1. how to mount external USB DVD drive
    By pubo in forum Hardware & Booting
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 06-15-2005, 12:27 PM
  2. Install on external HDD by Firewire (IEEE1394)?
    By remhigh in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 11-24-2004, 07:55 PM
  3. Firewire external HDD
    By Guy in forum Hardware & Booting
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 11-05-2004, 07:46 PM
  4. Recognizing an External Firewire Hard Drive
    By shiva777 in forum Hardware & Booting
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 03-24-2004, 10:56 PM
  5. External HDD and dvd writter connected via firewire.
    By copeloa in forum Hardware & Booting
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 09-25-2003, 02:31 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Extron RGB-160XI Analog Computer Video 60-378-01 picture

Extron RGB-160XI Analog Computer Video 60-378-01

$187.06



The analog thing modern open source, educational, low-cost analog computer picture

The analog thing modern open source, educational, low-cost analog computer

$800.00



NEW Aquarius+ Mini 8Bit Retro Computer System - Assembled PCB ONLY picture

NEW Aquarius+ Mini 8Bit Retro Computer System - Assembled PCB ONLY

$99.00



IBM Modem Saver Phone Line Tester picture

IBM Modem Saver Phone Line Tester

$7.99



FULLY RECAPPED MACINTOSH CLASSIC II 2 VINTAGE MAC APPLE COMPUTER NEW BATT WORKS picture

FULLY RECAPPED MACINTOSH CLASSIC II 2 VINTAGE MAC APPLE COMPUTER NEW BATT WORKS

$899.00



Landen Computer. Circa 1898. the Rapid Computer Company.  With Original Case. picture

Landen Computer. Circa 1898. the Rapid Computer Company. With Original Case.

$425.00



Apple Macintosh Plus Completely Recapped #M0001A 4MB picture

Apple Macintosh Plus Completely Recapped #M0001A 4MB

$499.00



Macintosh Plus, BlueSCSI, OS 6.x, 4 mb memory - recapped, tested, working. picture

Macintosh Plus, BlueSCSI, OS 6.x, 4 mb memory - recapped, tested, working.

$715.00



Macintosh Classic/Classic II Analog Board Computer 630-0395 New picture

Macintosh Classic/Classic II Analog Board Computer 630-0395 New

$278.00



ACASIS PCIE Capture Card HDMI 1.4 1080P60HZ PCIE 2.0 X4 20Gbps for Video Capture picture

ACASIS PCIE Capture Card HDMI 1.4 1080P60HZ PCIE 2.0 X4 20Gbps for Video Capture

$248.99