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    Mounting ext3 network drive in Windows 7?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by vinuneuro, Feb 25, 2011.

  1. vinuneuro

    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    Is there a reliable way to mount ext3 formatted drives in Windows? How well do solutions like ext2ifs and ext2fsd work?

    Thanks.
     
    vinuneuro, Feb 25, 2011
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  2. hakira

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    ext2ifs works unless you have logical partitions under linux, which it can't seem to see properly.
     
    hakira, Feb 25, 2011
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  3. vinuneuro

    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    The drive will be a simple external hard drive connected via usb to a router running tomato fw. Do you see any problem with this setup and ext2ifs?
     
    vinuneuro, Feb 25, 2011
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  4. chimpanzee

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    I would just run a linux VM under VirtualBox(or your favorite choice).
     
    chimpanzee, Feb 25, 2011
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