How can i unpack *.img with ext2 format in winodws os?

aeolus · 03-19-2006, 09:28 PM

hi,all
i encountereded a problem recently.i often unpack some compressed file to floppy disk, but i found a ext2 format package.so how can i unpack *.img with ext2 format in winodws os? else tools? such as zip、rar tools？
Thank you in advanced.

Best Regards

j-ray · 03-20-2006, 07:15 AM

i never heard of tools reading ext2 file system in windows. put the files on a linux box and save them on a floppy formatted as fat32 with windows...
ext2 is the format of the floppy, not a compressed archive or similar

ntubski · 03-20-2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by j-ray

i never heard of tools reading ext2 file system in windows. put the files on a linux box and save them on a floppy formatted as fat32 with windows...

you haven't?
http://www.google.ca/search?q=ext2+windows

Reading ext2 in Windows is not a problem, but I completely fail to understand what the OP is asking. What is an "ext2 format package"

Usually .img files are images of filesystems, for instance you can download an image of a boot disk to install Linux.

aeolus · 03-20-2006, 11:39 PM

sorry,my description has an error,it should be the floppy of ext2 file system,i hope to extract the content of ext2 file system to my hard disk.

aeolus · 03-20-2006, 11:53 PM

and the img usually is ext2 file system and the size is 1.44M,therefore i want to extract it to virtual floppy drive ,cuz i have no really floppy drive.

ntubski · 03-21-2006, 11:35 AM

If it's an image of a floppy it's probably a FAT filesystem. Ext2 is kind of wasteful to use on a floppy. I think you are looking for something like VFD

aeolus · 03-22-2006, 07:28 PM

thank for your particular answer,i will continue to study vfd