[NTLUG:Discuss] Explore2fs -- Windows reads Linux partitions

[greenglow484@juno.com]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:25:10 -0500 Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com writes:
> 
> 
> I'm sorry, but -- that's hilarious.  My windows has written into my 
> linux
> partitions without any such encouragement!

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Nope, that's not what I said.  In case I wasn't clear:  Using the
explore2fs program, under Windows, I tried, myself, writing to the Linux
partition -- I copied a HTML file over into a folder/ directory in Linux.
 

Windows didn't do it, on its own; the explore2fs program didn't do it, on
its own;_I_did it, after being warned it was a chancy thing to do.

Before I did this, IIRC, I had read -- several places -- in the program's
ReadMe file, and in several places on the author's web pages, that
writing to Linux using this program was, as I said, "highly experimental,
and risky".  

In addition ( I did not mention this before), when I first changed the
program options, to permit writing into the Linux partition, as to each
one of my 3 Linux partitions, I first got, for each of the 3, a message
box from the explore2fs program -- IIRC, asking me if I was "sure" that I
wanted to write-enable to Linux, under the program.

Point is:  the program's author warned me it was risky, and had caused
problems for others.  I tried it, knowing of that risk.  I took the
chance, after being warned of a risk.

> 
> greenglow484 at juno.com on 08/20/2000 11:06:37 PM
> Subject:  [NTLUG:Discuss] Explore2fs -- Windows reads Linux 
> partitions
> 
> Bad experience tonight with this program.  This evening, I
> tried_writing_onto the Linux partition, using this program from 
> Windows.
> (The program gives numerous warnings that writing to Linux is highly
> experimental, and risky.) 


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