dual boot install q

[Graeme Nichols]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 09:06 -0500, jludwig wrote:
> 
>>On Thursday 02 February 2006 15:03, Administrator TOOTAI wrote:
>>
>>
>>>There is this solution http://www.fs-driver.org/ to read/write ext2/ext3
>>>from Windows
>>>Another one is Explore2fs
>>>http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
>>
>>Would this endanger Linux to windoze virii??
> 
> 
> No, Linux cannot be infected with Windoze-specific viruses.  I will not
> swear to how well Explore2fs on XP works, however.  It may corrupt an
> ext2/ext3 filesystem in the same way the Linux write-enabled ntfs
> module may corrupt an NTFS filesystem.  The lowest, reliable common
> denominator is FAT32 or VFAT used as a conduit between the two systems.
> They both know about it, it's fairly old and stable technology and it
> works.

Good advice! Explore2fs is not recommended for writing from XP to ext2/3 
UNLESS you have thoroughly tested it according to the instructions on 
the explore2fs web site. However, that said, it is a very handy utility 
for examining your linux disks from XP. A 'must have' for Linux/XP dual 
boot systems.

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Graeme.
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