Using ext3 partitions under WindowsXP (ext2anywhere)

[Christian Drewing]

I am considering to run my data partition, accessible via Linux and
WinXP both, on ext3 filesystem. There's a tool called "ext2anywhere"
to mount ext2/3 filesystems under Windows.

How are your experiences with that? Do you recommend this? Or is it
more safe to use FAT32?

Thanx,
Christian.

 

[Kill Bill]

I am considering to run my data partition, accessible via Linux and
WinXP both, on ext3 filesystem. There's a tool called "ext2anywhere"
to mount ext2/3 filesystems under Windows.

Does ext2anywhere allow you to write to ext2/3? If not, I recommend
Ext2FSD. It is GPL'ed and works fine for me so far. Just google it out.

How are your experiences with that? Do you recommend this? Or is it
more safe to use FAT32?

Again, I hve no idea how the "ext2anywhere" looks like, so no
recommendation here. But I use a FAT partition to exchange data for both
OSes and it works without a problem.

Thanx,
Christian.

Cheers,

KB

 

[mjt]

How are your experiences with that? Do you recommend this? Or is it
more safe to use FAT32?

.... i'd rather use fat32 for sharing
..