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Date:      Mon, 02 Dec 2002 08:52:47 +0100
From:      "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx>
To:        Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: physically mounting a FreeBSD drive on a WinXP box
Message-ID:  <3DEB114F.7030306@401.cx>
References:  <20021202070814.18661.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com>

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Bsd Neophyte wrote:
> i don't know if posting this question is relavant to this group... but i
> was wondering if it was possible to physically mount a former FreeBSD disk
> on a winxp box.
> 
> i know someone would suggest that i mount the drive on the FreeBSD box and
> get the files i need that way... however, this is not an easy process.  it
> would be alot easier if i could take the drive and use something to take
> the files from my WinXP system.
> 

AFAIK, this is not possible.
FreeBSD can mount Windows filesystems, but the other way around 
is not true.
As always, since m$ is the bigger one, the others have to follow 
their standards, while m$ itself doesnt care about anyone else's.

--
R




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