From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: ext2 file support
Date: 6 Oct 2000 16:10:30 GMT
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cat AT animal DOT u-net DOT com wrote:
>     It is easy for LINUX to read the DOS/WINDOWS partition on
> dual boot systems, but did anyone write any code (using 
> biosdisk for example) to read linux ext2 file system data
> from a msdos app ?

Such tools do, indeed, exist. Look them up on your Linux CD set or in
the web. The name is ext2tool or similar, IIRC. Works nicely, compiled
with DJGPP. It's for read-only access --- writing to ext2 from DOS is
a bit too dangerous, really.


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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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