mounting OSX partition

Hi there,

I am runnign parallels on my MBP. I am wondering if there is any information on mounting an OSX partitiion on in XP.

looking forward to a response.

cheers,

Noah

 

I don't think windows XP can mount an OS X volume. But you could share the root of your OS X drive then mount the share.

 

Yup, that is exactly what I do.

Robin

 

MacDrive should do it. Don't know if it works also with Win into Parallels but there's a free time limited trial you can d/l:

http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/freetrial.asp

I'm trying to d/l it but I have a dial-up connection with some problems so I don't know if I'll be able to test it.

If sombody does... let us now.

 

But why would you want to pay for something that you can already do?

Robin

 

yup parallels already allows you to mount the OSX partitiion - there is no need to purchase extra software.

 

how do I mount an OSX drive in parallels. can somebody explain the process?

Cheers,

Noah

 

VM->Guest OS-> Shared Folders. Isn't it?

 

I wouldn't call shared folders "mounting" the OS X partition since you only get access to the folder you share.

If you share the root of your OS X partition then map it in Win XP you can read all the files but probably can't write to everything. I have a folder I share using SharePoints which is writeable and works just great to send things back and forth. I believe it works better than the shared folders in Parallels.

M

 

hmm. I cant seem to see an Guest OS option under VM.

cheers,

Noah

 

With your VM closed down go to Edit.

Select Shared Folders.

There is a blank (probably) list on the right had side with a + and - underneath.

Click + and add your Mac HD.

So far I have not found ANYTHING I cannot read or write mounting this way.

You have access to ALL the files and folders on your hard disk.

However if you have some folders you access frequently add these as well.

Lastly I keep a shortcut to these shared folders on the Desktop of my XP Pro VM which makes them very easy to access.

Robin

 

This will not work under parallels as the guest OS does not have access to the raw hard drive partitions. As far as the guest can see, the .hdd file is the entire hard drive. If you somehow had a HFS+ filesystem on your .hdd file then it would work, but then it would only access data in the .hdd file (i.e. not in your Mac)

If you really want to make MacDrive work, you could share your /dev/hda file to the guest and mount that under MacDrive in read only mode (read write mode is dangerous as you can't have 2 OSs mounting the same file system at the same time safely, it borks things quickly).

I'm not sure why you would want to do this though, as you can get at your Mac files through either Samba under linux or the Parallels file sharing under Windows. (You can also use Windows File Sharing under the networking pane of your Mac to share the files to a windows box)

 

okay I found the place to add the shared folders but I am unable to figure out how to view them in XP?

is there anything i need to do on the OSX side of things.

 

Start Menu - My Network Places

Once Open look for Entire Network option on the left and click it

On the right you will now see one or more networks INCLUDING Parallels Shared Folders, double click it

Now you will only have one option called Parallels Shared Folders.

DOuble click it and all your shared folders appear.

This is convoluted which is why I make shortcuts for all my shared folders and keep the shortcut on my desktop.

Then All I need to do to access the shared folder is double click the shortcut.

Good luck.

Robin

 

i am not able to see the "Parallels Shared Folders" under the Entire Network option. any clues why?