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Partition Magic always did this. (Catch is that it is not free, but i know not any ugandan - apart from myself - that does not visit astalavista for cracks :-) ) ernesto. On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Kabagambe Kenneth wrote: > hi. > i found myself in an interesting scenario. know how we are always > able to access the windows partitions on our dualboot systems, > well, how about accessing the ext3 partitions from windows. > a few searches brought up some interesting projects that aim to > solve this situation. > [1] ext2fsd : Ext2 File System Driver > http://ext2fsd.sf.net/ > this is an ext2 file system driver for winNT/2K/XP > Worked like a charm after running the setup.bat files and specifying > the partitions to mount. > I was able to check the filesystem and grab afew files from there. > A plus is that it supports ReiserFS.It is the only driver which I > found that supported that particular filesystem. > A nice howto can be found at > http://freax.be/wiki/index.php/Accessing%20Linux%20Partitions%20from%20Windows > > [2] explore2fs > http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm > This is another file system driver.It was originally designed to work > on NT4 and has been successfully tested on WinNT/98. Tests on Win2000 > andWinXP were successful though for some reason,initially, the disk partition > that was read looked like that of the SuSE install CD1(sorry slackware > /rh/debian fans) I am still looking at it though,FAQ and all. > [3]EXT2 IFS for Windows > http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ext2ifs.htm > Another file system driver.Not many reviews on this one and I havent > tried it.It is limited to WinNT/2000/XP. Anything lower or higher > probably wont work. > > I chose to stick with ext2fsd because of the ease of assigning partitions and > support for reiserfs.explore2fs has the edge for those who like graphical interfaces > as it provides an Explorer-type browser for the ext2 filesystems. > > Kabagambe Kenneth > > > > > : _ /~\'_ > (o o) > =====oooO==U==Oooo================[ken]=============== > Open confession is good for the soul. > ======================[URL:http://www.cfi.co.ug]====== > : > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQDUAwUBQYpE26H3gYhvcd1eAQIonAX41neoSpapomX7zJBBslDxTCODPAMS4Kob IEPWdrp+5YiAAbdE4a58AwsSeJl75eOAYGZPxiWMqf6wynffManeqWa0ih30ih3h 14Xw0QYeIN6sZk5CaUpM2BESmuuP0r23+5KTZGKFuNal0YRzBVb1fnrAL+/xL+YJ 2UvsFclbRzqJnRqfihDXUfL29TKxfU1/PDQk8hYw2Rmh4XFEcDjoyfR2jtbnvV// 4OgOcntf+mXQZXzTn5Y9/9nz2RVJG1U= =LWoj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
