Read linux image files in windows?

[Garibaldi]

I was wondering if anyone has a link to a free program that lets you "mount" and read from a linux formatted image file, ext2 or ext3, in windows (like TransMac). I am running topologilinux and want to be able to transfer some files back to windows. I would do this in linux, but I have an ntsf windows partition and I'm not confident enough in Captive ntsf to use it full time yet.

[bunyip]

Did you try using SAMBA to create a Windows share?

Also there is this program http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
but I suspect it may only work on a separately partitioned linux installation.

[Garibaldi]

Did you try using SAMBA to create a Windows share?

What is SAMBA? How do I do that specifically? I'm running topologilinux ( www.topologilinux.com ), a special flavor of slackware that runs from an image file- its not an emulator, it boots into linux.

I am able to use http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm to access the image file! Thank you so much! It reminds me of the HFV Explorer, used to access Mac drives from windows (and image files).

[bunyip]

Glad that it works - haven't tried it myself. So that gives you windows to linux access, with Samba you can set up Linux to Windows sharing but you probably don't need it now.

We use Samba on one of our Corporate Linux web servers to accept 'TIF' and 'ZIP' file uploads from clients and deposit the uploaded file on an internal Windows server for instant processing by windows programs.

A good 'how-to' can be found here -> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch01_01.html.

[Garibaldi]

Glad that it works - haven't tried it myself. So that gives you windows to linux access, with Samba you can set up Linux to Windows sharing but you probably don't need it now.

We use Samba on one of our Corporate Linux web servers to accept 'TIF' and 'ZIP' file uploads from clients and deposit the uploaded file on an internal Windows server for instant processing by windows programs.

A good 'how-to' can be found here -> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch01_01.html.

Thanks. The only problem I seem to have with it is that I cannot copy new files in or edit files in the linux partition- let me log in and change the permissions and see if that helps.