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From: | dmccunney <dennis DOT mccunney AT gmail DOT com> |
Date: | Mon, 18 May 2009 09:00:23 -0400 |
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Subject: | Re: Mounting EXT2FS as Windows filesystem |
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On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Kelly Jones <kelly DOT terry DOT jones AT gmail DOT 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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