Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:53:30 +0300 From: "Matti J. Karki" <mjk@iki.fi> To: "Svein Halvor Halvorsen" <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> Cc: Martin Miedema <martin.miedema@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing FreeBSD partition from Windows with dual boot Message-ID: <1b15366e0608100853i12b67264y903fe25b34ee79dd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44DB32FC.6040500@lvor.halvorsen.cc> References: <44DB2EAD.80502@gmail.com> <44DB32FC.6040500@lvor.halvorsen.cc>
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On 8/10/06, Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> wrote: > Martin Miedema wrote: > > I'm looking for a way to access (read only is fine) a FreeBSD partition > > on my Windows installation on a dual boot notebook (so Samba won't do > > the trick) > > Maybe this will do: http://ffsdrv.sourceforge.net/ > > I haven't tried it myself, though, so I can't really recommend that you > use it on a real file system with real data, until you've done some testing. > I have used that driver few times for accessing FreeBSD partitions. Works great. At least I haven't encountered any real problems with it. The usage of the management tool was a bit tricky at first, but once you get to know the numbering scheme, there should be no problems. The driver creates a drive letter under the Windows system and all files are accessible via normal File Explorer functions. The management tool is used to load the driver and mount/unmount partitions (there is no installation of any drivers to the operating system, which is great IMHO). -Matti
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