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Old 02-03-2006, 09:30 AM   #1
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Taking files from linux in windows


Does anyone know how can i take the files from linux while im in windows?
Which program should i use?
 
Old 02-03-2006, 09:32 AM   #2
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Does anyone know how can i take the files from linux while im in windows?
Which program should i use?
try explore2fs - that will allow you access to files on linux partitions from windows, but it's read only. see link:

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
 
Old 02-03-2006, 09:46 AM   #3
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isnt there any way for me to copy from linux and take it to windows
and my linux partition is reiserfs not ext2 or 3

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Old 02-03-2006, 09:58 AM   #4
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The simplist way is to have a FAT32 partition somewhere on your drive that you can mount in both linux and windows.
 
Old 02-03-2006, 08:05 PM   #5
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Thanks guys i made it
if anyone have this kind of problem boot your linux from installation cd then open a console and write
grub-install /dev/hda then your grub loader will be installed to mbr
 
Old 02-03-2006, 08:17 PM   #6
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Not quite - you can gain read-only access of Reiser partitions from Windows. Check out:

http://p-nand-q.com/download/rfstool.html
http://yareg.akucom.de/

Enjoy!
 
Old 02-03-2006, 08:36 PM   #7
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the FAT32 partition will do the trick; i found it easiest to re-install windows first, and partition part of the the drive as FAT32 (you have to make a partition that is <= 30GB for this), then continue the windows installation, then linux. you'll be able to swap stuff between linux and windows on the FAT32 drive with no problem.
 
Old 02-04-2006, 11:30 AM   #8
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Better yet, access your NTFS partition directly (read AND write!) by upgrading to the 2.6.15 kernel.
 
Old 02-04-2006, 11:38 AM   #9
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On windows - I would reccomdend using www.fs-driver.org to access and write to ext2/ext3 partitions. On linux, you can def. read NTFS drives, but writing to them has always been sketchy and dangerous (unless DRASTIC changes have been made in 2.6.15... I know it says write support, but so far we're only able to modify files, not create/delete/change size)

Fat32 is a good solution for a shared partition, except for the 4gb file size limit - the biggest file you can store is 4gb, so no dvd rips.

If you wanted true universality you would share a drive over a network using samba or nfs - that way linux/mac/windows systems could all access and modify it.
 
  


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