ext3 and Leopard?
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From: Justin on 16 Nov 2009 02:33 I am aware of the three utilities (ext2fsx seems to be the most popular) for mounting an ext2 filesystem, but will there ever be a utility to mount an ext3 filesystem properly? As in with journalization fully enabled? I can see myself having the need to do exactly this in the next few months. I understand network shares and whatnot. I already have NTFS R/W capability via MacFUSE and ntfs-g - I just with there was something for ext3! J
From: Jolly Roger on 16 Nov 2009 08:52 In article <hdqv84$mm5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > I am aware of the three utilities (ext2fsx seems to be the most popular) > for mounting an ext2 filesystem, but will there ever be a utility to > mount an ext3 filesystem properly? As in with journalization fully enabled? > I can see myself having the need to do exactly this in the next few > months. I understand network shares and whatnot. I already have NTFS > R/W capability via MacFUSE and ntfs-g - I just with there was something > for ext3! > > J Just curious: What would you use it for if you could? Fixing problems with Linux disks? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Ronald Bruck on 16 Nov 2009 12:35 In article <jollyroger-D1856D.07524216112009(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <hdqv84$mm5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > > > I am aware of the three utilities (ext2fsx seems to be the most popular) > > for mounting an ext2 filesystem, but will there ever be a utility to > > mount an ext3 filesystem properly? As in with journalization fully enabled? > > I can see myself having the need to do exactly this in the next few > > months. I understand network shares and whatnot. I already have NTFS > > R/W capability via MacFUSE and ntfs-g - I just with there was something > > for ext3! > > > > J > > Just curious: What would you use it for if you could? Fixing problems > with Linux disks? I suppose you could use it to share data between your MacOS X and your Linux partitions. But I dunno why; I keep a small volume formatted as (shudder!) fat32 for this purpose. Both OS X and Linux recognize it. I once paid good money for a program that promised to mount ext3 partitions in MacOS, only to find that it would NOT mount ReiserFS partitions (because of the journaling). As I understand it, ReiserFS is built on ext3. -- Ron Bruck
From: Jerry Bishop on 16 Nov 2009 12:59 On 2009-11-16 12:35:25 -0500, Ronald Bruck <bruck(a)math.usc.edu> said: > In article <jollyroger-D1856D.07524216112009(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > I once paid good money for a program that promised to mount ext3 > partitions in MacOS, only to find that it would NOT mount ReiserFS > partitions (because of the journaling). As I understand it, ReiserFS > is built on ext3. > > -- Ron Bruck ReiserFS is not related, or derived from, ext3. They are two different file systems. ReiserFS is not being developed anymore, I don't think, seeing as how the author is in jail for murder and all. Jerry
From: Justin on 16 Nov 2009 14:30
Jolly Roger wrote: > In article <hdqv84$mm5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > >> I am aware of the three utilities (ext2fsx seems to be the most popular) >> for mounting an ext2 filesystem, but will there ever be a utility to >> mount an ext3 filesystem properly? As in with journalization fully enabled? >> I can see myself having the need to do exactly this in the next few >> months. I understand network shares and whatnot. I already have NTFS >> R/W capability via MacFUSE and ntfs-g - I just with there was something >> for ext3! >> >> J > > Just curious: What would you use it for if you could? Fixing problems > with Linux disks? > I would like to be prepared. If a client sends me a hard drive formatted to ext3, points a gun to my head and tells me to read from it. It isn't a problem *yet* but its something that I can see an an issue in the future. For now my solution is NTFS, but NTFS on Leopard has some drawbacks, its a bit slow and if I have a corrupted volume ntfs-g doesn't have diagnostic capabilities. I'm not a fan of Paragon's product due to a bad experience. J |