Can't recognize Ext2 CDs

Tod Merley todbot88 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 21 20:40:54 UTC 2007


On 4/21/07, Deboo ^ <knowledgeful at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yep they are Linux ext2 FS CDs. I had created them with the ext2
> option specifically but now am repenting having done so.
>
> How do you access these under windows?
>
> Regards,
> Deboo
>
> On 4/15/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> > Are you sure they are an ext2 CD? I would expect a CD written under
> > Linux to be an ISO9660 file system with Rock Ridge Interchange
> > Protocol added. If yo also add the Joliet extensions, then Windows
> > will also see the long file names.
> >
> > While it is possible to burn a CD with an ext2 file system, it would
> > not be nearly as easy as burning one with an ISO9660 file system...
> >
> > Mikkel
>
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Hi Deboo!

I would grab a flash drive with sufficient room, boot Knoppix or
Puppy, copy the files to the flash drive and read the flash drive in
Windows.

Just a thought,

Tod




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