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#1 2006-02-07 18:47:02

mtrivs
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From: Syracuse, NY
Registered: 2005-12-26
Posts: 183

EXT3 windows?

I just formated my external HD in ext3 so that i could enable read/write support in both windows and linux, do you think it would be possible if i copied all of my windows partition to my external HD and then formated my windows partition to ext3 and then copied the partition back to the ext3 partition?

i have a feeling it wont work because the driver resides within windows, so it wouldnt know how to boot an ext3 partition, only read/write from it......What do you guys think?


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#2 2006-02-07 19:09:26

brain0
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From: Aachen - Germany
Registered: 2005-01-03
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Re: EXT3 windows?

http://fs-driver.org/faq.html
"This software does not achieve booting a Windows operating system from an Ext2 volume."

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#3 2006-02-07 20:44:38

The_Nerd
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From: Syracuse, NY / Baltimore, MD
Registered: 2005-11-30
Posts: 134
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Re: EXT3 windows?

yes i agree with brain0. the filesystem driver is nice for sharing volumes, but it does not support booting so i dont believe it would work.

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#4 2006-02-07 20:47:33

mtrivs
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From: Syracuse, NY
Registered: 2005-12-26
Posts: 183

Re: EXT3 windows?

i figured that....


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-128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X200m
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