Is it safe to write to a Linux partition using explore2fs from NT too?
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
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From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 3:48 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] writing from win to linux
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver L. Plaine Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:01 AM
> Subject: [expert] writing from win to linux
>
>
> >On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:28:33 -0800, >Civileme wrote:
> >
> >>http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm
> >>
> >>And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff. You do not
> >>have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able
> to
> >>read it from WIN. I do think that it is singularly
> dangerous
> >>to write anything from win to linux, even with this tool,
> but
> >>reading should be (comparatively) safe.
> >==========
> >Sun, 9 Jul 2000 17:42:07
> >
> >Oh my,..Is this really bad to do, Civileme? I have been
> stuffing file
> >after file up into linux for several months..Without any
> tools , just
> >straight from a file....I thought that win would not be
> acceptable to
> >this, but Linux could handle it ok?
> >
> > I have not noticed anything that seems like a problem that I
> >can attribute to this after many megs...with the possible
> exception of
> >some tar.gz files from the internet,(winmodem) are no longer
> zipped
> >so zxvf will error not a" g zipped file" ... I can untar them
> with xvf
> >and they are ok.
> >
> > Your words "singularly dangerous" makes me think I may be
> >"unwittingly" staggering toward the abyss? don't the floppy's
> write to
> >Linux from vfat without problem? why would this be
> different?
> >
> > The above seems like a lot of questions, but really it's
> just
> >one "should I cease this practice?"<grin>.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Olly P
> >Biloxi
> >Mississippi
> >
> >
>
> Using Explore2fs to write I am thinking is a tad dangerous to
> partitions, expecially from w95. OTOH, if you are logged into
> linux and read or cp or even dd files from win to linux, that
> should be relatively safe.
>
> It isn't the exchange of files, just the tool, and then mostly
> for win9x.
>
> Civileme
>
>
>
