> > I found this which looks like a solution if you're up to tweaking it > according to your setup - > > so long you have additional spaces in your NTFS drive to accomodate ext3 > drives data; assuming you have this, just try the sequence of commands only > > ]# mkdir /mnt/ext ; mkdir /mnt/ntfs > ]# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ext > ]# mount -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 /mnt/ntfs > ]# mkdir /mnt/ntfs/ext3_data > ]# cp -xR /mnt/ext/* /mnt/ntfs/ext3_data/ > ]# sync > ]# umount /mnt/ntfs ; umount /mnt/ext > > > Your data will be properly copied into the ext3_data directory under the > ntfs drive; ofcourse the conversion of data format from ext3 to ntfs would > be handled by the corresponding filesystems kernel modules. > > You may also chose to copy of the entire ext3 disk image onto your ntfs > drive too, use the following: > > ]# mkdir /mnt/ntfs > ]# mount -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 /mnt/ntfs > ]# mkdir /mnt/ntfs/ext_data > ]# dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/mnt/ntfs/ext_data/ext3.img bs=512 > count=<size_of_data> / 512 > > > Here with the /count/ flag takes an argument as a number you get as a > divide the total ext3 drive's capacity to 512. > > At the end, what you get is not the pure data rather its a disk copy as a > backup onto your ntfs drive, this disk image is a file which would be saved > as an ntfs file over the ntfs drive. In this case, to get your data, you > need to do the following: > > ]# mount -o loop -t ext3 /mnt/ntfs/ext_data/ext3.img /mnt/ext > > > Here you can access your data inside the /mnt/ext directory. > > Thanks for that, but I have to work within a Windows environment - the closest to *nix I can get here is through Cygwin. The actual Linux system is unbootable, and without an optical drive to boot a liveCD the only other option is a netboot. Which would work, if the network card supported it. I can try those commands within a Cygwin shell, but I can't say I'm entirely optimistic about it.
Also, I've poked about a bit to see if I could get the IFS driver to mount the root partition, but with no luck - on another computer running 7 I had the same issue. It appears to be able to access ext2 but not ext3 partitions. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-08-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
