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Re: Mounting EXT2FS as Windows filesystem


On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Kelly Jones
<kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just did:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=test.fs bs=10000 count=10000
> /usr/sbin/mke2fs.exe test.fs
>
> to create an EXT2FS.
>
> Question: how do I mount this so that Windows sees it as a regular
> filesystem?

You need a driver.  Windows doesn't grok ext2fs file systems without
third-party assistance.  Several exist.  You can look at

http://www.fs-driver.org/ (Freeware)

and

http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2.html (Open source)

for a start.
_____
Dennis
Who isn't currently using either, and can't recommend based on
personal experience

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