Re: [PLUG] Windows driver for ext2/ext3

[Fred Stluka via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

+1 for external shared NAS.

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On 3/20/21 10:48 AM, Eric Lucas via plug wrote:
> Thanks Rich, that's what I thought.
> I believe I'm just going to buy (or build) a NAS and share things the 
> easy way!
>
> Eric
>
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 6:37 PM Rich Mingin (PLUG) <plug@frags.us 
> <mailto:plug@frags.us>> wrote:
>
>     Unfortunately I've only had experience with dodgy, issue-ful, and
>     extremely limited extX drivers for Windows, and with 10 requiring
>     signed drivers or extensive twiddling, I don't see it getting any
>     easier.
>
>     I've had better luck getting Linux to RW ntfs than Windows reading
>     any Linux filesystems, and I generally just move things across the
>     network anymore, for that reason. If I have externals, they tend
>     to be formatted exfat for the smaller ones and ntfs for the big
>     ones, as those are the easiest wildcard filesystems. Exfat isn't
>     terribly robust, but it's better than FAT32 and RW pretty much
>     every OS, and ntfs is RO under macos, and sometimes RO under
>     Linux, but it's the least work.
>
>     On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 6:32 PM Eric Lucas via plug
>     <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>>
>     wrote:
>
>         I have several 64GB USB drives that I re-formatted to ext3.
>         Now, when I try to share one with my wife's Win10 system, it
>         naturally won't read them.
>
>         Does anyone have experience with a trustworthy, solid, and
>         safe solution to get ext2/ext3 support in Windows?
>
>         Thanks,
>         Eric
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