Friday, February 8, 2013

Is there any way to format a hard drive with Linux file system under windows?

Q. I need to be able to format my drive with linux file system in order for it to work in the western digital NAS enclosure. Thanks.

A. Steven's right, but you'll need some extra software to put files on or even view the partition from Windows. There are a few options, the best probably being:

EXT2IFS - top link

EXT2FSD - bottom link

what is your insight about Linux file system?
Q. what can you say about linux file system compared to windows'?

A. You should say Linux Filesystem because there isn't a official one
The most common filesystems are ext2 (older), reiserfs(old), ext3(latest)
If you are refering to the directory structure the way Linux stores files then you can compare them
In Windows the root directory is C:\
In UNIX/Linux the root directory is \
In Windows the storage component are devices and accessible to a directory structure
In UNIX to open storage device you have to mount them to a destination before opening them
In terms of fragmentation it is lower because ext3 does not write to disk immediately but throws the data into journal back up
Then calculate the most optimal allocation before writing to final destination

How to reconize linux file systems on windows?
Q. I have both linux and windows working perfectly, but i'm not able to use the partition created for linux in windows. Linux has no problems in recognizing windows file systems. So please find me a way.

A. generally windows doesn't support linux file system( ext2,ext3 ), but you may be able access using some software like "ext2fs". you can download it from the given link "http://www.fs-driver.org/download.html"



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