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[Quinto]

Well, I was testing different scenarios to see how this works before anything happens.

I formatted a new 2 TB wd20ears to be used in standard configuration - no raid or anything. All OK. Can copy files, can delete them, all works as expected.

Moved the drive out and put it into a LaCie Poulton case I wanted to know if it could be read. Connected to OS X Snow Leopard - not recognized. Should be 'cause it's ext2, or so I thought. Loaded a Linux VM in  virtual box, and Linux cannot access the drive.

Checking with OS X Disk Utility the drive shows 3 partitions (and some empty space) all formatted in FAT (wtf?)




So I cannot access the data without a dns-321 and the partitions are not ext2.

I wonder if it may be the case (has usb, firewire and e-sata) tested FW and USB and result is the same.

Has anybody been able to access the date using an external enclosure or dock or whatever...?

[zhyla]

You would need to install this in a linux box to be able to mount the drives.  I'm no OS X expert but I don't think it supports EXT2/3 filesystems.

For a virtual machine to be able to read it the drive needs to be mounted first.  Some hardware, like USB, can be passed thru to the VM without host OS support, but I don't think that's commonly supported for SATA.

[Quinto]

thanks for the advice. I'll try booting from a linux CD to see if it works.

usually VM can take control of the ports, wasn't aware that the host OS needs to mount them first.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Actually, you can just install an EXT2 driver for Windows to read the drives.  I use EXT2FSD here, works with Windows XP or Windows 7.