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Release Notes for Ext2Fsd V0.53
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Features implemented or bugfix since V0.52:
1, FIXME: BSOD with VHD/VHDX mounting on Win8
2, FIXME: Mke2fs failed to format mounted EXT2 volumes
3, Enable writing with global or volume ext3-force-writing
4, Support ext4 dir hash (UNSIGNED cases for legacy/half_md4/tea)
5, Fixed several warnings reported by scan.coverity.com
Supported Ext3/4 features by 0.53:
1, flexible inode size: > 128 bytes, up to block size
2, dir_index: htree directory index
3, filetype: extra file mode in dentry
4, large_file: > 4G files supported
5, sparse_super: super block backup in group descriptor
6, uninit_bg: fast fsck and group checksum
7, extent: reading, writing with no extending.
8, journal: only support replay for internal journal
9, flex_bg: first flexible metadata group
Unsupported Ext3/4 features:
1, journal: log-based operations, external journal
2, extent: size truncating & expanding, file deletion
3, EA (extended attributes), ACL support
4, symlink creation
Features to be implemented in next release:
1, full EXT4 extent feature support (extending, shrinking)
2, mounted as user: privilege checking with given uid & gid
Files descriptions:
Ext2Fsd-0.53.exe: setup wizard for Windows systems (Win2k, Winxp,
Vista, Win7, Win8, Server 2003, Server 2008/R2)
Ext2Fsd-0.53.7z: Batch setup package in 7-zip
Ext2Fsd-0.53.zip: Batch setup package in zip
Ext2Fsd-0.53.src.7z: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in 7-zip
Ext2Fsd-0.53.src.zip: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in zip
Download link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/Ext2fsd/0.53/
Files checksum:
C:\Works\Ext2fsd\0.53>sha1sum Ext2Fsd-0.53*
8036afe65cdc7ed9967495196f58d9381eaa7f07 *Ext2Fsd-0.53.7z
125aed90459c2d4bad3ee2804eb7829023a44d8a *Ext2Fsd-0.53.exe
6de624442f15edc5793666ec9564231b5ba3ce3c *Ext2Fsd-0.53.src.7z
22f23a906e58adb76dc81e4e3af1b13249eb94d3 *Ext2Fsd-0.53.src.zip
c2e93c030f940d4233477587ef97c62a23c864af *Ext2Fsd-0.53.zip
WARNINGS:
The driver may crash your system and ruin your data unexpectedly,
since there might be software conflicts and I could only test it
on some of the popular platforms. You should use it with care and
use it at your own risk!
Matt <mattwu@163.com>
https://www.ext2fsd.com