Linux Disks on Windows
November 20, 2008 11:50 am Software, Microsoft Windows
I use a number of computers and operating systems, and due to the problem with Microsoft file system in place it is hard to use the disks on all systems such as Mac and Linux. The Windows CIFS file system is just not accepted everywhere, and while there are commercial tools to let you read the system for Mac it is not something I want to do all the time. On the other hand the ext2 file system is supported on every platform besides Windows. But due to a few people it is no longer a problem.
Expore2FS is one such tool from Chrysocome.net. This tool does not let you write to the disk at this time, but can let you read data and copy it to windows for a number of file systems. There is another probject at Chrysocome.net for writing to the disk as well, but it is not that mature yet.
ext2ifs is another project that mounts the disk through a Windows kernel driver on to windows and lets you use it as a regular disk. It is a nice tool and works really well accept if something happens to the disk, like Windows sleeping or hybernating. The disk then has errors and there are no tools to fix it on the system. Not a big deal though as you just need to mount it on Linux and then unmount it to fix the tables.
Hope this helps!
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