dual boot install q

[Graeme Nichols]

On Sunday 05 February 2006 09:54, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> Greetings Graeme ,
>
> Graeme Nichols wrote:
> > Rick Stevens wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> I have always felt quite uncomfortable with something like that . I mean
> messing
> an ext2 partition from XP or messing an NTFS partition under Linux  (
> reading
> an NTFS partition under Linux works fine ) but i don't want to know about
> writing .
> However, that said, it is a very handy utility
>
> > for examining your linux disks from XP.
>
> You mean that you try to verify the integrity of  an ext3 filesystem
> from within Windows XP . Well personally i would prefer testing Windows
> XP Partitions from Windows XP with say Norton Disk Doctor and
> forcing an filesystem check upon next reboot for the root filesystem
> for Linux .
>
>   A 'must have' for Linux/XP dual  boot systems.
>
> I would vote against that . I dual boot between Windows XP and Linux for
> the
> last 2,5 years and i never felt the need for such a thing
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>    Kostas
Hi Kostas,

Explore2fs is NOT a tool for manipulating or checking the integrity of any 
file system, XP or Linux. It is a tool for use on Windows (in my case XP) to 
list the contents of a Linux file system, a Windows Explorer if you like, 
while working in Windows. I have used it extensively over the years to check 
my Linux filesystem for a particular file I am looking for on Windows but 
couldn't find. It saves booting into Linux to check if the file is on the 
Linux system and then booting back to Windows to finish the task in hand.

Like I said, a very useful utility.


-- 
Kind regards,

Graeme Nichols.
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