Earlier there used to be a software known as explore2fs which used to allow the users to scan all file-systems in read-only mode and copy files from the linux drive to windows. I had used it long time ago...
Now-a-days things have changed quite a lot. When i googled for mount ext3 file system on windows, i got tons of links and tons of tools. For some time i was confused how to go about all of it.
But then after going thru all the tools, i came across something known as ext2fsd. I got the 0.46 version downloaded - only 973KB and installed it.
Once you start the ext2fsd volume manager, you could see all the file systems on your disk. All you have got to do is
1. right click on the drive you want to mount and assign it a drive letter.
2. go to the ext2 management and choose the drive letter as mount point for fixed boot
3. ask the program to automatically mount the drive on boot
4. enable ext2fsd to auto-start during boot.
A simple reboot and i could see my linux partition as a drive on the windows explorer. No need to copy files to read them (like i used to do when i used explore2fs). It runs like a charm...
I still have to look at how to go about mounting ext4 file system on windows. Though ext4 is not that common, but it should become common soon...
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Monday, December 15, 2008
google chrome on linux
So, you visit http://www.google.com/chrome every other day with the hope that there would be version of chrome for linux out. And everytime you see the "For Windows Vista/XP only", you feel jealous of windows users and you want to ask google guys why they came out with "chrome for windows" before "chrome for linux".
Though, we still do not have any official version of chrome for linux, i looked around and found 2 ways of installing chrome on linux. It is possible using wine.
1 way gives you a complete geeky way of doing it. You can find it here : http://www.myscienceisbetter.info/2008/09/install-google-chrome-on-linux-using-wine.html. But it did not work on my system. Some problem with ALSA it said.
So i looked again and again and found out something known as crossover chromium. You can find it here http://www.codeweavers.com/services/ports/chromium/. It provides pre-compiled binaries for installation on your system.
Basically the guys at codeweavers had taken up some developer build 21 of chrome from google and ported it on linux using wine. It would not update itself. But if you are able to install the "geeky" way, then chrome might update itself. Basically something to feel a bit satisfied till you get the "google chrome for linux" official version
Though, we still do not have any official version of chrome for linux, i looked around and found 2 ways of installing chrome on linux. It is possible using wine.
1 way gives you a complete geeky way of doing it. You can find it here : http://www.myscienceisbetter.info/2008/09/install-google-chrome-on-linux-using-wine.html. But it did not work on my system. Some problem with ALSA it said.
So i looked again and again and found out something known as crossover chromium. You can find it here http://www.codeweavers.com/services/ports/chromium/. It provides pre-compiled binaries for installation on your system.
Basically the guys at codeweavers had taken up some developer build 21 of chrome from google and ported it on linux using wine. It would not update itself. But if you are able to install the "geeky" way, then chrome might update itself. Basically something to feel a bit satisfied till you get the "google chrome for linux" official version
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