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How I shared a Ext2 fs between Mac OS X and Windows XP


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Ever needed to share a large hard drive between Mac OS X and your Win XP install?

 

Here is How I did it.

 

Caution This has only been tested on my Hackintosh.

 

1. (In OS X) Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ and download and install.

 

2. Boot into windows and use a partitioning system (I used Acronis Disk Director) to Make a partition with a type of Linux/Ext2

 

3. Install Ext2 IFS for Windows http://www.fs-driver.org/ then reboot into OS X

 

4. Use disk utility to find out the identifier ex 'disk2s5' was mine.

open terminal type 'sudo -s' enter password

then type 'newfs_ext2 /dev/disk2s5' change disk2s5 to your identifier.

wait until it completes

 

5. Open up System Preferences select the ExtFSManager pane, select the disk and volume you formatted as ext2, select options and check Ignore Permissions, and then Mount it with the mount button.

 

6. Copy some files onto it that you need to share. Then boot into windows XP

 

7. Go to Settings --> Controll Panel --> IFS Drives and assign a drive letter to your efs2 partition.

 

8. Ther is no step 8! Share files away!!

 

CAUTION -- CAUTION

You do this at your own risk!

I accept no responsibility for any damages

Remember the programs mentioned in this Tutorial are in delelopment and most likely will crash.

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