Post #496830

#!/bin/bash — Configuration — SOURCE_DEV=“/dev/sr0” MOUNT_POINT=“/mnt/mac_legacy_cd” DEST_DIR="$HOME/Desktop/mac_recovered_files" 1. Ensure the system is ready echo “Checking for HFS support…” sudo modprobe hfs 2>/dev/null sudo modprobe hfsplus 2>/dev/null Create directories sudo mkdir -p “$MOUNT_POINT” mkdir -p "$DEST_DIR" 2. Attempt to mount We try HFS first with MacRoman to UTF-8 translation echo “Attempting to mount $SOURCE_DEV…” sudo mount -t hfs -o ro,iocharset=utf8 “$SOURCE_DEV” “$MOUNT_POINT” 2>/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo “HFS mount failed, trying HFS+ (Mac OS Extended)…” sudo mount -t hfsplus -o ro “$SOURCE_DEV” “$MOUNT_POINT” fi 3. Verify mount and Copy if mountpoint -q “$MOUNT_POINT”; then echo “Mount successful. Copying files to $DEST_DIR…” # -a: archive mode (preserves symlinks, permissions, times) # -v: verbose # -z: compress (not really needed for local, but good practice) # -P: show progress rsync -avzP “$MOUNT_POINT/” “$DEST_DIR/” echo "---" echo "Copy complete. Unmounting..." sudo umount "$MOUNT_POINT" echo "Done. You can find your files in $DEST_DIR" else echo “Error: Could not mount the disc. Ensure the CD is inserted and $SOURCE_DEV is the correct path.” exit 1 fi