[ale] Windows file system drivers for ext2/3

[James Sumners]

You should be less keen on writing to ext2/3 from Windows. Having said
that, I have used
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm with success in
the past. I don't remember if I was gutsy enough to write to the
ext2/3 partitions but I know I have used it to read data.

On 3/25/06, Mailing Lists <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>     Have any of you used an ext2/3 file system driver from windows,
> specifically windows 2000.  I have a dual boot setup that I would like
> to be able to access from both windows and linux.  I've been using fat32
> for years, but lately that's beginning to show it's limitations, namely
> file size limits.  FAT32 has a filesize limit of 2 or 4 gigs, I've not
> been able to nail that down yet.  Sometimes I can create files up to 4
> gigs, most times not.  Might be applications specific.  I'm open to any
> ideas to work around this, any other solutions.  I'm not too keen on
> writing to NTFS yet from linux, the driver has a lot of restrictions.
> Thanks.
>
> Calvin...
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