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Re: Can Windows read XFS?

To: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Can Windows read XFS?
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 22:04:34 +0200
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>, vricks@xxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 02:52:06PM -0500, Steve Lord wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 14:53, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 02:33:58PM -0500, Steve Lord wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 14:03, vricks@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I've unsuccessfully checked the archives for the answer to the above
> > > > question.  Are there any programs that allow Windows NT/2k/XP systems to
> > > > read XFS filesystem data?  I have a dual-boot XP/Linux system with the
> > > > /home partition formatted XFS.
> > > 
> > > I am not aware of anything which runs on windows which can read XFS.
> > 
> > I guess vmware on Windows with a linux in it would do the trick...
> 
> True, but then you are reading it into a linux application not a 
> windows one....

... but you can run samba on the linux and then Windows apps can read it
via a network drive.

Apparently someone is working on making User Mode Linux work on Windows
too, so you may be able to go via this route too.

-Andi


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