how to read linux files from windows

ulasergin · #1 28th October 2005, 05:28 PM

I had installed FC4 on E: drive of my windows installtion.
Now i want to access linux files from windows, can u recommend me a free program for this,

thanx in advance

john8520 · #2 28th October 2005, 05:35 PM

You can just use the windows explorer (I think) and find your home folder on drive E:, expecting that all the files you need are in the home folder.

John

brandor · #3 28th October 2005, 05:41 PM

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You can just use the windows explorer (I think) and find your home folder on drive E:, expecting that all the files you need are in the home folder.

No, you can't. Unless he installed on a fat partition, which I don't think he did.

There are drivers for ext3 for windows, I think. Some searching would find what you need.

yataketumbe · #4 28th October 2005, 06:14 PM

google this: putty

it would be a great help

ulasergin · #5 28th October 2005, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by yataketumbe

google this: putty

it would be a great help

as far as i understand putty is a ssh utility for windows.I did not get hot it can help me,if i reboot my pc for windows,linux telnet deamon will not be available.

What I look for is a program that does the same job with linux-ntfs(http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs.html#4.4) for windows

ilja · #6 28th October 2005, 08:45 PM

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ext2ifs.htm
http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html
hint: google for "driver ext3 windows"

andersgd · #7 28th October 2005, 09:03 PM

I'm using an older version of this one since about a year ago:
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ext2ifs.htm
It works good. I use a read only driver for safety reasons. If you are using ReiserFS there are some links on the page.

There are other drivers too:
http://ext2fsd.sourceforge.net/#ext2fsd
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd
http://www.fs-driver.org/

/Anders

Mat · #8 28th October 2005, 11:10 PM

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=73165

BBXRocker · #9 29th October 2005, 11:22 AM

Yo can use Total Commander with an addon that enables to see linux partitions under windows. The linux partitions are read only for security reasons. Addon name is Ext2+Reiser 1.3.

BeatBoxRocker.

ulasergin · #10 31st October 2005, 08:23 AM

I installed ext2 driver from http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ext2ifs.htm

but on windows all my drives seem to have NTFS format, including the drive where fedora is installed.
So I can not make use of this driver

Spoon! · #11 31st October 2005, 11:40 AM

Did you try Explore2fs? It can read stuff like LVM that other programs and drivers can't.

ulasergin · #12 31st October 2005, 11:43 AM

I will also try that but the problem is,windows sees the drive format as NTFS not ext2 or ext3

brandor · #13 31st October 2005, 01:11 PM

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but on windows all my drives seem to have NTFS format, including the drive where fedora is installed.
So I can not make use of this driver

I'm pretty sure that linux can't be installed on a NTFS partition... There used to be a version of slackware that you could install on a fat partition, but it didn't go far.

In linux, open up a command line and as root, enter:

fdisk /dev/hda (assuming hda is your disk)

once the fdisk prompt comes up, type in P and hit enter.

Copy and paste the output of this here for us to read, maybe someone can help you a little better.

Once you're done with the fdisk prompt, type in Q and hit enter to quit.

ulasergin · #14 6th November 2005, 09:19 PM

Using windows Disk Manager,I droped the NTFS partition and re-created a new logical partition on the empty space.
Now windows reports file system type of drive E: as Unknown

and FC4 fdisk gives:

Command (m for help): P

Disk sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
sda1 * 1 11473 92156841 7 HPFS/NTFS
sda2 11474 24316 103161397+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
sda5 11474 17846 51191091 7 HPFS/NTFS
sda6 17847 17859 104391 83 Linux
sda7 17860 24316 51865821 8e Linux LVM

since Windows does not recognize the space as ext2 or ext3, ext2ifs-0.3 installation can not be competed stating that No EXT drives found

ulasergin · #15 6th November 2005, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Spoon!

Did you try Explore2fs? It can read stuff like LVM that other programs and drivers can't.

If I choose drive E: from the File->Open Image File menu,a dialog opens 'Drive is not formatted, Do you want to format now? ' and I say no to this in order not to loose any data