Post by mikkh on Sept 4, 2014 10:20:33 GMT
Linux has always been able to read Windows drives/partitions, so I find it quite frustrating on my occasional trips to the Windows side of my drive, that I can't see the Linux partitions
There have been various clunky attempts at rectifying this over the years, some worked better than others but I haven't really kept tabs on the situation because I've been using Linux 99.9% of the time for the last few years.
It's to double check things asked on here mostly that I ever boot the Windows partition at all.
Today I'm on one of my rare trips to the dark side and I wanted access to a file I downloaded yesterday in Linux. I was just about to reboot, when I thought why should I have to do that in a world where millions are using Linux in the guise of Android on their phones. Let's see what Mr Google has to offer....
sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/
This looked familiar (in a bad way) but with a recent version on offer, I thought I'd try it anyway
Anyone familiar with Linux file systems will know that EXT2 is a very old one, a sort of FAT16 in Windows terms.
So when I saw EXT2 file system driver for Windows, I wasn't expecting much, or for it to support the latest EXT4 variant.
(I don't even know why I write these things, it's more a personal reminder to myself really, but someone may stumble across it one day and find it useful)
So, to carry on talking to myself mostly, it does indeed support EXT4 (hoorah) and by simply right clicking the relevant partition and picking assign drive letter, I now find an extra drive in Windows explorer
The default setting is to show all hidden files, which is a tad annoying because there are LOTS of hidden (system) files in Linux and I can't think of a single reason why I would want to see a Linux system file in Windows
I did find what I wanted though and because it was quite a large video file, I was expecting it to take a while and to be looking at a slow moving progress bar.
It was almost instant though, so quick I thought it hadn't worked at first - but it had
This isn't exactly needed by me most of the time, but for someone who switches between Windows and Linux quite often, it's a very useful thing to have
There have been various clunky attempts at rectifying this over the years, some worked better than others but I haven't really kept tabs on the situation because I've been using Linux 99.9% of the time for the last few years.
It's to double check things asked on here mostly that I ever boot the Windows partition at all.
Today I'm on one of my rare trips to the dark side and I wanted access to a file I downloaded yesterday in Linux. I was just about to reboot, when I thought why should I have to do that in a world where millions are using Linux in the guise of Android on their phones. Let's see what Mr Google has to offer....
sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/
This looked familiar (in a bad way) but with a recent version on offer, I thought I'd try it anyway
Anyone familiar with Linux file systems will know that EXT2 is a very old one, a sort of FAT16 in Windows terms.
So when I saw EXT2 file system driver for Windows, I wasn't expecting much, or for it to support the latest EXT4 variant.
(I don't even know why I write these things, it's more a personal reminder to myself really, but someone may stumble across it one day and find it useful)
So, to carry on talking to myself mostly, it does indeed support EXT4 (hoorah) and by simply right clicking the relevant partition and picking assign drive letter, I now find an extra drive in Windows explorer
The default setting is to show all hidden files, which is a tad annoying because there are LOTS of hidden (system) files in Linux and I can't think of a single reason why I would want to see a Linux system file in Windows
I did find what I wanted though and because it was quite a large video file, I was expecting it to take a while and to be looking at a slow moving progress bar.
It was almost instant though, so quick I thought it hadn't worked at first - but it had
This isn't exactly needed by me most of the time, but for someone who switches between Windows and Linux quite often, it's a very useful thing to have
who could resist it!
