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Linux partition accessable from Windows?
« on: August 15, 2006, 06:33:10 pm »
I've been meaning to ask this question for sometime now..

Is it possible to access (read/write) my Linux partition from Windows? If so, how?

This would be sooooooooo helpful.

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Re: Linux partition accessable from Windows?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2006, 06:38:12 pm »
Is this what you are looking for?

If not, this was the second result on a Google search for "Read Write Ext3 FROM Windows". ::)

I personally wouldn't want Windows messing with my Linux partition. But I'm insane.
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Linux partition accessable from Windows?
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2006, 06:54:47 pm »
Ahh, cool, exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks!~!

EDIT: I'm going to keep this link here for when I switch to Windows.
http://rfsd.sourceforge.net/

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Re: Linux partition accessable from Windows?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2006, 06:58:04 pm »
I personally wouldn't want Windows messing with my Linux partition. But I'm insane.

And you'd want Linux messing with your Windows partition?  It seems to me that the reverse would be much more liable.  ext2/3 is open source.  It's documented.  Coding an NTFS driver is practically poking in the dark.  Sure, I suppose you can disassemble it, but I don't think that does much good for a large-scale project without lots and lots of time: something a project intended to be a hobbiest pasttime doesn't really have.

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Re: Linux partition accessable from Windows?
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2006, 07:21:22 pm »
I personally wouldn't want Windows messing with my Linux partition. But I'm insane.

And you'd want Linux messing with your Windows partition?  It seems to me that the reverse would be much more liable.  ext2/3 is open source.  It's documented.  Coding an NTFS driver is practically poking in the dark.  Sure, I suppose you can disassemble it, but I don't think that does much good for a large-scale project without lots and lots of time: something a project intended to be a hobbiest pasttime doesn't really have.
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Re: Linux partition accessable from Windows?
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2006, 11:50:07 pm »
I personally wouldn't want Windows messing with my Linux partition. But I'm insane.

And you'd want Linux messing with your Windows partition?  It seems to me that the reverse would be much more liable.  ext2/3 is open source.  It's documented.  Coding an NTFS driver is practically poking in the dark.  Sure, I suppose you can disassemble it, but I don't think that does much good for a large-scale project without lots and lots of time: something a project intended to be a hobbiest pasttime doesn't really have.
He said he was insane!  Let him be!

You know me all too well, MyndFyre. 8).

Sidoh: I suppose you are right. I hadn't thought about it like that. Though, I still don't trust a device driver in Windows with my ext3 partition! :(
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[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT.