nylock10 Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 (edited) I need to get a file off my OSx86 computer ASAP! The operating system WILL NOT BOOT. I tried installing VMWare Fusion, but I got "You need to restart your computer". It wont boot anymore. Help! I have: SUSE Live CD Slax How can I access a Mac OS X partition? SUSE wont work. I'm downloading Ubuntu (Live CD), and I'm going to try this: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p...amp;postcount=1 I really need this document, it is for college and it is due tomorrow. I have no idea what to do. If I can't get this file I'm screwed! *edit* Ubuntu finished downloading. I'm going to give that website a shot (see link above). Another edit: Ubuntu Live CD wont boot. I don't know what to do! Edited March 18, 2007 by nylock10 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45602-need-to-recover-file-from-broken-osx86-build-and-fast/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedna Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Well, you should be able to boot from the Ubuntu LiveCD. If your graphics card is not recognized, then you can just boot Ubuntu without the GUI. Or try burning the LiveCD again, but with lower speed (4x). And even if it boots, you will only be able to read the HFS+ partition, since it's Journaled, and no write access granted to any other OS. But this shouldn't be a problem, as you only want to copy a file from the HFS+ partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45602-need-to-recover-file-from-broken-osx86-build-and-fast/#findComment-326384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nylock10 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 (edited) Well, you should be able to boot from the Ubuntu LiveCD. If your graphics card is not recognized, then you can just boot Ubuntu without the GUI. Or try burning the LiveCD again, but with lower speed (4x). And even if it boots, you will only be able to read the HFS+ partition, since it's Journaled, and no write access granted to any other OS. But this shouldn't be a problem, as you only want to copy a file from the HFS+ partition. So the command from the link I posted should work? I can boot into single user mode via the -s and -x flags. How can I delete the folderLibrary/Application Support/VMare Fusion in singleuser mode? *edit* I can't burn a Ubuntu CD. I don't have any more CDs and its too late to get more (2:18AM). Can I do this in SLAX linux? Edited March 18, 2007 by nylock10 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45602-need-to-recover-file-from-broken-osx86-build-and-fast/#findComment-326386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedna Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 So the command from the link I posted should work? Sorry, I'm not a geek in Linux , but I remember that when I screwed up my OS X partition, and started the system from the Ubuntu LiveCD, the mount command was not enough (even with the -t hfsplus parameter) to mount the HFS+ partition. I had to install the hmount or hfmount packages, or something like that - but you can still play around with the mount command, maybe you will be more successful than me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45602-need-to-recover-file-from-broken-osx86-build-and-fast/#findComment-326389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nylock10 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Sorry, I'm not a geek in Linux , but I remember that when I screwed up my OS X partition, and started the system from the Ubuntu LiveCD, the mount command was not enough (even with the -t hfsplus parameter) to mount the HFS+ partition. I had to install the hmount or hfmount packages, or something like that - but you can still play around with the mount command, maybe you will be more successful than me. Thanks for the info. I'm going to get a new CD to burn Ubuntu and give it a shot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45602-need-to-recover-file-from-broken-osx86-build-and-fast/#findComment-326502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxxdigital Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 If you just need the file, don't touch the drive, boot from another drive with Windows XP running MacDrive and you should be able to read your Mac OS X drive, then copy the file to another location. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45602-need-to-recover-file-from-broken-osx86-build-and-fast/#findComment-331496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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