USB HDD not showing valid partition on one Solaris machine

Linux and Unix-Like Red Hat
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Hi All,

We have got a USB HDD with important data in it. The data has been copied to the disk(formatted ext3) via a LINUX system.

The data was supposed to be copied to a second LINUX machine. Surprisingly, it doesn't show up any valid partitions in the new box.

dmesg:

usb1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi2: SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 8
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Vendor: WD Model: Ext HDD 1021 Rev: 2021
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
SCSI device sdf: 3907024896 512-byte hdwr sectors (2000397 MB)
sdf: Write Protect is off
sdf: Mode Sense: 17 00 10 08
sdf: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdf: 3907024896 512-byte hdwr sectors (2000397 MB)
sdf: Write Protect is off
sdf: Mode Sense: 17 00 10 08
sdf: assuming drive cache: write through
sdf: unknown partition table
sd2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdf
sd2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

fdisk output:

Disk /dev/sdf: 2000.3 GB, 2000396746752 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/sdf doesn't contain a valid partition table

What could have gone wrong. How can we see the data in it? Please help.

Thanks,
Bikash

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The ext3 filesystem is not supported on Solaris unless you install the appropriate packages.

I am not in front on an x86 system at present, but l believe that the two packages are:

FSWpart
FSWfsmisc
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Thanks for your reply.

Apologies for the misleading subject line. Solaris server is not involved anywhere in this case. I am not able to edit it too being a novice user in the forum.

Both servers are LINUX only.