Re: Which ext2 mount daemon on XP runs well? | |
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Reik Red wrote: > > (trying again, this time without making the mistake of hijacking a thread) > > This is a bit OT, but I'm having troubles with ext2fsd (in the form of > "ext2 volume manager") on XP. > > It works ok with just reading/writing files from XP onto my ext2/ext3 > linux partition, > but I use rsync to back up the linux partition to another one (external > drive). > > From rsync there are seemingly endless error messages about > "disappearing files" > (possibly caused by dangling symlinks), and also some sort of infinite > loop of links > to my home directory. The net effect is that rsync does not work for me. > > So: Is there anything I can do about this, or are there any alternatives > to ext2fsd (v0.45. latest) > that will solve my problem? Thanks. > > ADDED: > > I checked on some of the symlinks, and in many cases they point into > space (but make sense on another > computer that I use and sync with, so I do not want to delete them). > > The problem seems to be that either ext2fsd or rsync is being too nosy > about dangling links. > There is no problem when booting into linux and running rsync there. I > have, perhaps errantly, > concluded hat it must be ext2fsd doing something strange, such as > marking he symlink files as "bad" > because they point into space. I don't see any configuration parameter > to change how ext2fsd handles this. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > YMMV http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2603820 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2603820 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2603820 I use EXT2IFS but only for simple file reading, writing. Everything else is done from Linux with ntfs-3g mounted drives. No major problems but occasionally get clean up messages on booting the system. Robert McBroom -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Which-ext2-mount-daemon-on-XP-runs-well--tp17199241p17275101.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
