I cannot use Linux drive in CygWin

Charles Wilson cwilson@ece.gatech.edu
Wed Dec 5 12:22:00 GMT 2001


Maxim wrote:
> 
> Hello. I have this problem: Slackware Linux crash with very important
> files on hard drive. I think, this is hardware problem with boot
> sector. I can format HDD and reinstall Linux, but i lose all files on
> HDD. I want plug this HDD to other PC and copy all important data into
> other hard, and then format it. But I have only PC with Win98, and
> have no friends with Unix-type systems. I cannot install Linux on
> Win98 PCs (this is not my PCs).I know, that is program - NTFS for
> Windows 98(by WInternals, www.winternals.com). This program can read
> NTFS drives. But, maybe, somebody know program for reading Unix drives
> in Windows? Maybe, CygWin can do it? If yes, how?

No cygwin can't.  But hmmm...45 seconds with google, and look what I
found...

http://www.schnabel-online.de/fsdext2.html

--Chuck

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