Paralells 10 for Mac: USB 3.0 Support? Recovering files from reiserfs file system

[mikethewxguy]

I need to use a windows application to try and recover files from ~18 Hard Drives from a failed unRAID file server that I was running. The file system on those drives is: reiserfs - which from my research, no mac os x system or program can read.

First question: IS this correct? Or is their a program out there that can read reiserfs directly from my mac?

If there is not...

I want to install Paralells 10 on my Mac mini 2012 (USB 3.0) and use a USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station to try and recover the files from the disks, using paralells and the reiserfs program.

Will this work? I have read conflicting reports...just trying to get confirmation

Thanks so much!

 

[sammcj]

ReiserFS can only be read from Linux.

I would download the latest version of a Debian live CD and boot it in a VM to recover the filesystem.

Here is the download link: http://gemmei.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/...o-hybrid/debian-live-7.7.0-amd64-standard.iso

From there, here is a tutorial on how to recover ReiserFS partition: http://antrix.net/posts/2004/reiserfs-undeletedata-recovery-howto/

Good luck, Reiser can be a pain to recover and isn't maintained since Hans Reiser shot his wife (hence why it's a killer filesystem).

 

[mikethewxguy]

Thanks so much for the help offering sammcj...I'm going to try out your recommendation later today.

I was able to give it a go using my 2012 mac mini, a USB 3.0 HD Dock, Parallels 10 Trial, Windows 10 Trial, and a free Linux reader program (DiskEssentials or something like that) earlier and it is indeed proving to be a huge PIA! It is taking forever just reading the file tree...this is on a 2TB disk (which I have 11 more to go) before moving on to 4-5 3TB HD's...and 2-3 4TB drives! I may die of old age before I get through them all.

Hoping that using Debian Live it might speed up the process...we'll see!