Dual Boot

[NoOp]

On 11/28/2010 02:44 AM, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Mark <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Roy Smith <rasmith1959 at live.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/27/2010 09:55 PM, Rashkae wrote:
>>>>
>>>> No.  Windows has almost non-existent support for any filesystem not it's
>>>
>>> But wait...  Windows *can* access a Linux partition, though it does require
>>> installing third party software to enable it to do so.
>>>
>> Aside from the fact that this is almost certainly a dangerously foolish idea....
> 
> It's neither dangerous nor foolish. You might want to access your "~"
> from Windows. I've done so pre-Win7 regularly with, IIRC, ext2fs.sys.
> 

ext2fs.sys won't work with ext4 IIRC. The dangerous part is if you use
ext2fs.sys to access your ext2/3 with write permissions. I do it, but
unless you know what you are doing, and are *very* careful, it is quite
possible to wipe out important chunks of your linux install from Win.
You also run the risk of a Virus infected Win writing to the mounted
linux partition without realizing that it has.