Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:12 pm
fsmithred wrote:There's a way to install x11 on a mac (several ways, I think) and run linux apps. Pretty sure there's a free way to do it. I don't remember any names right now, but check around. I would guess that it allows you to use ext filesystems.
fsmithred wrote:Oh, I just read your post again, and I see you don't have a router and you have a lot of gigabytes to move. Forget about moving them over the internet.
Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:54 pm
Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:18 pm
nadir wrote:golinux:
Last shot (though i agree that it probably is a lost case):
Isn't there a way you get the ext4-harddisk, do it all with your computer (it being the cp to DVD's), without any stress ?
Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:25 pm
Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:17 pm
Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:32 pm
fsmithred wrote:I just spoke to my mac-expert friend, and he said that OSX can read ntfs, but can't write to it without special software.
fsmithred wrote:Free hardware that was someone's trash makes up most of the hardware I have owned. I'm in the US. It's often cheaper to buy a new computer than it is to pay someone to diagnose and fix it, and it's common for all the parts to work except for one. Get two like that, and you've got one working computer and some spare parts.