Re: [sleuthkit-users] Using Autopsy with a mount point rather than an image

[Enda C. <en...@co...>]

> I have a second hard drive that I want to examine that is currently too
> big to image on my forensics machine. I can mount the hard drive read-
> only to a mount point (e.g. /mnt/drive) but when I try to use the Autopsy
> gui to examine it it says that /mnt/drive is a directory and cannot use
> that location as the target.

Point autopsy at the device, eg /dev/hdc or whatever device label you use
when you mount the drive.

> Is there a way around this with Autopsy? I can use the sleuthkit tools
> against a mounted hard drive jus the same.

You don't need the drive to be mounted at all.

HTH,

 -Enda.

> Thanks.
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