This time for real: READ and WRITE to Ext2/3 in Windows

Drufuss · 05-12-2005, 06:18 AM

Okay, here´s the link to the drivers i mentoined in an earlier thread (but somehow mixed up)

These provide read and write acces to ext2/3 partitions in Win NT/2000/XP.

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

Greetings

Dru

**k0NG0** · 05-12-2005, 07:03 AM

However, it doesn't use the journalling capabilities of Ext3, which would make me a bit hesitant to write files on an Ext3 volume using this driver. Introducing inconsistencies on an otherwise journalling volume would be bad mojo.

Other than that, it seems really nice. Good find.

Drufuss · 05-18-2005, 10:02 AM

Well, so far i haven´t had any problems using these drivers to copy all the rpm´s i downloaded here at work from Suse´s website (all those patches that are to big to download via YOU with 64kb ISDN at home) to a subfolder of my home directory.

The drivers don´t use the journaling capabilities, so in theorie, you can write the files to EXT3 but something is missing? Are all files journaled except those you copied to the disk from windows? Do they get journaled as soon as you copy them to a diff. folder in Linux?

I don´t know how a journaling file system really works, if anyone else can explain it to me please?
(Yes, i know, google is my friend. But i´m kinda old-fashioned so i´d prefer getting an answer from a real person to a question i personally ask.
Think about smalltalk in the future:
"Hi, nice to meet you, i´ll ask google how you are and what happened, goodby!")

Greetings

Dru

Drufuss · 05-18-2005, 12:40 PM

All praise the mighty Moonlitfire!

Thanks for the explanation.

Greetings

Dru

sandman55 · 05-20-2005, 07:08 AM

Thanks Moonlitfire for sharing some of your knowledge. I have printed that

Drufuss · 06-02-2005, 05:14 AM

Well, i´m not sure if this has something to do with the driver, but the last time i booted into linux, one of the boot messages was "hda5 has a file system with errors, filesystemcheck forced" and then it took several minutes until the check was done. Had to reboot with Ctrl+D and then everything was O.K. again.
Have copied some files from WinXp to some subdirectories in my home directory before that.
Will copy some more files from Win to Lin before i boot into Linux the next time, to see if the same error occurs.

(Not sure if the driver messed up my fs, because sometimes i have problems during boot-up because of some ....eh.... i think "drive seek error", but now that i think of it, those always have been related to hdb partitions)

Greetings

Dru

swannema · 06-02-2005, 07:22 AM

check your /var/log/messages or /var/log/warn for more information. Might be early signs of harddrive failure or cable failure

05-12-2005, 06:18 AM	#1
Drufuss CUSL2-C -> P5Q ? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,770	This time for real: READ and WRITE to Ext2/3 in Windows Okay, here´s the link to the drivers i mentoined in an earlier thread (but somehow mixed up) These provide read and write acces to ext2/3 partitions in Win NT/2000/XP. http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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05-12-2005, 07:03 AM	#2
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05-18-2005, 10:02 AM	#3
Drufuss CUSL2-C -> P5Q ? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,770	Well, so far i haven´t had any problems using these drivers to copy all the rpm´s i downloaded here at work from Suse´s website (all those patches that are to big to download via YOU with 64kb ISDN at home) to a subfolder of my home directory. The drivers don´t use the journaling capabilities, so in theorie, you can write the files to EXT3 but something is missing? Are all files journaled except those you copied to the disk from windows? Do they get journaled as soon as you copy them to a diff. folder in Linux? I don´t know how a journaling file system really works, if anyone else can explain it to me please? (Yes, i know, google is my friend. But i´m kinda old-fashioned so i´d prefer getting an answer from a real person to a question i personally ask. Think about smalltalk in the future: "Hi, nice to meet you, i´ll ask google how you are and what happened, goodby!") Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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05-18-2005, 12:40 PM	#4
Drufuss CUSL2-C -> P5Q ? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,770	All praise the mighty Moonlitfire! Thanks for the explanation. Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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05-20-2005, 07:08 AM	#5
sandman55 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,016	Thanks Moonlitfire for sharing some of your knowledge. I have printed that __________________
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06-02-2005, 05:14 AM	#6
Drufuss CUSL2-C -> P5Q ? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,770	Well, i´m not sure if this has something to do with the driver, but the last time i booted into linux, one of the boot messages was "hda5 has a file system with errors, filesystemcheck forced" and then it took several minutes until the check was done. Had to reboot with Ctrl+D and then everything was O.K. again. Have copied some files from WinXp to some subdirectories in my home directory before that. Will copy some more files from Win to Lin before i boot into Linux the next time, to see if the same error occurs. (Not sure if the driver messed up my fs, because sometimes i have problems during boot-up because of some ....eh.... i think "drive seek error", but now that i think of it, those always have been related to hdb partitions) Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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06-02-2005, 07:22 AM	#7
swannema ???????????????? Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 9,627	check your /var/log/messages or /var/log/warn for more information. Might be early signs of harddrive failure or cable failure
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