Mounting ext3 in Snow Leopard…
Im glad to say that it is actually possible to mount an ext3 formatted linux drive in mac OS X Snow Leopard using a few tools. Let me share with you how I did it.
Download fuse-ext2
Also make sure you have MacFUSE otherwise fuse-ext2 wont work.
Install both of those and run a few commands in terminal:
first, create a mount point such as: $ sudo mkdir /Volumes/HD
next, navigate to the fuse-ext2 folder: $ cd /usr/local/bin/
execute the fuse command: $ sudo ./fuse-ext2 /dev/nameOFdisk /Volumes/HD/ -o force
note:(nameOFdisk can be found by typing disktool -l).
Heres some useful information if you dont understand my syntax:
$ fuse-ext2 <device|image> <mountpoint> [-o option[,...]]
options:
ro : mount read only
force: mount read/write
allow_others: allow other users to access
debug: noisy debug output
Voila! your drive should mount, and you should have read/write access as well! man i love mac.