Linux drives on Mac

[DenBeke]

I have been looking around a bit, but I didn't find a good answer.
How can I mount Linux partitions/drives (formatted with ext4) on a Mac? (I'm using Lion, so no rosetta apps will work...)

 

[Macman45]

Setup a Linux virtual machine? I've seen this done, but have not tried it myself, so don't shoot the messenger...

More information here:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/29842/how-can-i-mount-an-ext4-file-system-on-os-x

 

[DenBeke]

Thank you for this fast reply!
But won't a virtual machine too slow?

Isn't there a 'quick' way?

 

[maflynn]

Isn't there a 'quick' way?

Not really because OSX does not support ext4

This site has you creating a linux instance on a thumb drive. I've seen other sites that recommend using vmware or for free virtualbox and setting up an instance in there. Then you can copy files by way of the VM instance

 

[stridemat]

or for free virtualbox and setting up an instance in there. Then you can copy files by way of the VM instance

That's where I would start. Should be quite straight forward from that point.