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how to mount ext3

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silverwhalle

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Mar 31, 2008
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i have a macbook 5,2.
i've been trying to mount ext3 partition on which fedora is installed.
to do that, i'd searched internet for the howto to mount ext3.
as a result, i installed macfuse and ext2fx on mac and tried to mount with
command mount. but failed..

root# mount_ext2 -o rdonly -x /dev/disk0s5 /Volumes/Linux/
mount_ext2: /dev/disk0s5 on /Volumes/Linux: Resource busy

fuse-ext2 wasn't working as well..
is it impossible ? if i change that ext3 partition to ext2, will it be working?
 
maflynn

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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I'd say ext2fx Is made for ext2 file systems and ext3 being different isn't supported.

You can use dropbox to move files between the two or a thumb drive or even an external disk formatted to FAT.

Ext3 and now ext4 are much more advanced then ext2 that I wouldn't recommend going backwards to ext2. Heck F12's default is ext4 at this point and is pretty much rock solid
 
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silverwhalle

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Mar 31, 2008
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seoul
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maflynn said:
I'd say ext2fx Is made for ext2 file systems and ext3 being different isn't supported.

You can use dropbox to move files between the two or a thumb drive or even an external disk formatted to FAT.

Ext3 and now ext4 are much more advanced then ext2 that I wouldn't recommend going backwards to ext2. Heck F12's default is ext4 at this point and is pretty much rock solid
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k. thank you maflynn.
 
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larkost

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Oct 13, 2007
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ext3 is a strict superset of ext2, so the drivers for the ext2 should support ext3 as well, just without the journaling part.
 
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Steve-M

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Jun 12, 2009
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silverwhalle said:
i have a macbook 5,2.
i've been trying to mount ext3 partition on which fedora is installed.
to do that, i'd searched internet for the howto to mount ext3.
as a result, i installed macfuse and ext2fx on mac and tried to mount with
command mount. but failed..

root# mount_ext2 -o rdonly -x /dev/disk0s5 /Volumes/Linux/
mount_ext2: /dev/disk0s5 on /Volumes/Linux: Resource busy

fuse-ext2 wasn't working as well..
is it impossible ? if i change that ext3 partition to ext2, will it be working?
Click to expand...

Where is this partition physically, a external drive? If it was on a linux box I could give you instructions on how to mount it across your network using NFS. Let me know if this would be a possibility for you.
 
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