[Gllug] copying hard drives

[Oliver Krimpas]

Hi - I posted this message (below) yesterday and got a couple of responses, many thanks for those.

Unfortunately the sourceforge software doesn't install on my Mac (errors). And a Mac cannot read and write Ext2 files. Plus the USB discs I am using would have to be correctly formatted first, before copying the information over to them.

I've spent hours fiddling with Ubuntu to try get it to work, and just can't. The CD crashes my Mac. I can boot it off a CD on an old PC I have, but I get errors when I try to format a USB drive and errors when I actually try to install it on the machine. I've run out of time, and need to do this soon.

I really need to find someone who can physically help with this on their machine, even if it's just copying one drive over. I have a little bit of money if that would make a difference, but as a fledgling film-maker, my pockets aren't that deep. Much as I appreciate suggestions on how to do this myself, I just don't have the time to spend hours titivating over computers that keep crashing during what would seem to be the most basic operations.

Many thanks,

Oliver.


From: James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton at gmail.com>
Date: 4 September 2011 13:42:41 GMT+01:00
To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Gllug] copying hard drives in Linux
Reply-To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>


On 4 September 2011 13:31, Oliver Krimpas <oliver at krimpas.com> wrote:
> Hi - I'm based in North London (Holloway/Highgate) and I need to copy (clone) a USB hard drive (formatted Ext2), onto two memory sticks and two hard drives. Is there anyone with a Linux machine in North London who'd be up for helping me with this? I think it's pretty straightforward. The drive has about 32Gb on it.
> 
> It's a digital, projectable file of a short film, in a format known as a DCP (Digital Cinema Package).
> 
> I've tried installing Ubuntu on my Mac in an attempt to do it myself, but can't get past the install stage.
> 

Can't your Mac do this. Isn't it just copying files about?


From: "Check ." <forums at zhub.co.uk>
Date: 4 September 2011 13:49:14 GMT+01:00
To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Gllug] copying hard drives in Linux
Reply-To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>


http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/
Sounds like this project allow your mac to see ext2 filesystems and then you can access/move the file to anywhere you need.
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