hi, I use it. I mount it as read only. There is the option to mount it as read only during installation. So, no worries... :)
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:32 PM, <vikhrakula at asianetindia.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think that is a dangerous idea. What if the windoze system is > infected > > and ends up killing files on ext2 partition too.. Isn't it obvious to do > the other way around i.e. mounting vfat/ntfs partition in gnu/linux and do > the job. I hav some personal media files in hard drive that is 5-6 years old > ..that i swap from one drive to another during re-installation and all..u > perhaps may have no such luck with a vindoze installation.. > > just my thoughts > > > > Quoting Prasad SR <saysprasad at gmail.com>: > > > If you currently have Windows running and you realize that you need some > > files for your work which you have stored on an Ext2 volume of your Linux > > installation, you no longer have to shut down Windows and boot Linux! > > > > It provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista with full access to Linux > Ext2 > > volumes (*read* access and *write* access). This may be useful if you > have > > installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your > > computer. > > > > The "Ext2 Installable File System for Windows" software is *freeware*. > **It > > may be copied and distributed free of charge as long as no modifications > are > > made in the software and no components are added or removed. > > > > Will not work if u install linux on LVM > > > > http://www.fs-driver.org/download.html > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Prasad.S.R > > > > Confucius said: "The one who would be in constant happiness must > frequently > > change." > > Che : "We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are > > willing to die for it" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- Regards, Jain M Johny jainmjo[at]gmail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080701/1617f732/attachment.html
