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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nicolas BOUTIER <nicolas_boutier@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Accesing BSD disk under windows
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On 3/7/06, Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:01:21 -0000, Michael Ray <miker@cotse.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:14:43 +0100 (CET), you wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I found an old disk (24 Mo!) and I know I installed BSD on it... years
> >> ago.
> >>
> >> How can I read this disk under windows XP pro?
> >>
> >> Thank you for your help.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Nicolas BOUTIER
> >
> > FFS File System Driver for Windows
> > http://ffsdrv.sourceforge.net/
>
> FFS Drive crashes all the time, causing BSOD's and reboots, and doesn't
> properly read disks (sometimes files are marked as "corrupt" while they
> are not).
>
> I can't find any other program....
>
> maybe cygwin has ffs/ufs read support?

I believe there are several virtual machine programs that run
on this so-called "windows".  I understand that qemu with the
correct permissions can use raw devices.  I would warrent that
vmware would pull a similar stunt, given enough creativity.

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