I am struggling trying to figure out how to mount my external mac drive to my virtual Ubuntu 14 Desktop. I am using VM Workstation 10 and have updated my Ubuntu desktop to the most current release.
Here is what I know so far.
sudo -s
mount -t hfsplus /dev/The HD is plugged into a USB port however I am unsure how to find out what the dir extension would be for this drive.
Any tips would be appreciated. I am very new to Linux and I am trying to learn a lot but it seems tough to get my head wrapped around at times.
Thanks in advance!
Chris
Update:
After some further research, here is what I was able to find after running lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0008 VMware, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubI still have yet to find a way for the VM to see the Device in order to mount it. Is this an issue with VM Workstation because I am running it on Windows 8.1?
31 Answer
Note that I use neither Windows 8, nor Mac. Information for Step 2 was found by googling and checking Ubuntu Software Center.
Step 1: Try lsblk from Ubuntu to check all devices and partitions in them it sees.
Step 2: Check if software needed to read Mac drives is installed (and install if not)
- By default Mac drives uses
hfs+journalling system, not understood natively by Ubuntu. sudo apt-get install hfsplus- also try
sudo apt-get install hfsprogs
"Step 3": If you checked that your host sees the drive, but guest when you virtually attach does not, it most probably is an issue with the virtualisation software. List item
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