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Access Linux Filesystem in Windows
Apr 4th
In one of my Previous articles I have shown you “How to mount Foreign filesystem in Linux” . In case of Linux you already have all the interface defined to access the foreign partitions like fat32, ntfs etc. But in window there are no interface present to access the Linux partitions. So today I will show you how to access Linux Filesystem in windows.
Explore2fs is a GUI explorer tool for accessing ext2 and ext3 filesystems. It runs under all versions of Windows and can read almost any ext2 and ext3 filesystem.
If you are using dual boot systems or laptops this More >
Everything about Mounting a Foreign File System in Linux
Apr 4th
Linux, being the chameleon that it is, has the ability to support many different file systems, either natively or with “outside” help. Besides its native ext2 (and more recently ext3) file system, it can also handle DOS’ FAT16 and FAT32, Windows’ NTFS4 and NTFS5, OS/2’s HPFS, and Macintosh’s HFS, just to name a few. Given the recent push to add journaling capabilities, Linux has seen even more file systems being offered closer to home, such as Red Hat’s own ext3, Namesys’ ReiserFS, IBM’s JFS, Silicon Graphics’ XFS, etc.
How to Mount a file System?
By default, Linux will not allow users to More >
