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ext2/3 on windows

Matthewthebig · 2006-04-25 19:59:55

http://www.fs-driver.org/ i saw this and i was wondering is it safe and does anyone use it?

25-04-2006 08:59PM

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http://www.fs-driver.org/

i saw this and i was wondering is it safe and does anyone use it?

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#2 25-04-2006 09:33PM

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It installs a pure kernel mode file system driver Ext2fs.sys, which actually extends the Windows NT/2000/XP operating system to include the Ext2 file system.

That's what worries me the most. The potential for misuse (even by someone other than these authors) is enormous.

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#3 25-04-2006 09:37PM

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I've used it. I installed it and it worked great, until I rebooted. For some reason ever since I powered off the machine whenever I try to use it to mount my ext(n) partitions windows completely locks up. Avoid this!

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#4 26-04-2006 09:10AM

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I've used this one for accessing reiserfs and never had any problem. It doesn't install a driver, but uses rfstool, which knows the layout of a reiserfs partition.

http://yareg.akucom.de/

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