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Release Notes for Ext2Fsd V0.50
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Features implemented and bugfix from V0.48:
1, Ext4 extent readonly support by Bo Branten. Writing is
possible but with no size-extending
2, Ext3 directory index (hash-tree) support
3, Fast fsck (uninit_bg) and group block checksum support
4, Ext4 64k block size support
5, Symlink/special inodes open/read/deletion support
6, Buffer head implemented over cache pages
7, Memory allocation optimization for flexible-size inodes
8, Improve file deletion: don't grab global lock when deleting
9, FIXME: return zero-content for sparse file gaps
10, FIXME: check available spaces before blocks allocation
11, FIXME: refresh stale root dir content after journal replay
12, FIXME: incompatible dentry management for 64k block size
13, FIXME: don't do journal replay for devices set as readonly
14, FIXME: Win7 cmd.exe always reports file sizes as zero
15, FIXME: Win7 memory throttling issue calling CcPinRead
16, FIXME: Ext3Fsd Build issues (SLIST/div64 for Win2k, browser files)
17, FIXME: Compiling test failure (fastio doesn't update i_size)
18, FIXME: Possible Mcb memory leak for symbolic links
Supported Ext3/4 features by 0.50:
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
Unsupported Ext3/4 features:
1, journal: log-based operations, external journal
2, extent: size truncating & expanding, file deletion
2, flex_bg: first metadata group
3, EA (extended attributes), ACL support
Features to be implemented in future:
1, EXT3/4 features support (extents, journal, flex_bg,)
2, Documents improvement: clear and elaborate
3, Performance improvement, code optimization
4, Automatic check & update of new versions
5, LVM support, e2fsprogs porting for Windows
Files descriptions:
Ext2Fsd-0.50.exe: setup wizard for Windows systems (Win2k, Winxp,
Vista, Win7, Server 2003, Server 2008/R2)
Ext2Fsd-0.50.7z: Batch setup package in 7-zip
Ext2Fsd-0.50.zip: Batch setup package in zip
Ext2Fsd-0.50.src.7z: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in 7-zip
Ext2Fsd-0.50.src.zip: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in zip
Download link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/Ext2fsd/0.50/
Files checksum:
C:\Works\Ext2fsd\0.50>sha1sum Ext2Fsd-0.50*
bec1b29452473a36dc99c163b7bedbc4bb53707d *Ext2Fsd-0.50.7z
51cd8b7362ca3b401d455e2338f2c9eb9f97ae30 *Ext2Fsd-0.50.exe
28f9f3456bfc104fb0773e26c26e8c2fc663663a *Ext2Fsd-0.50.src.7z
844bce05d203d81d53f69493ae4a5b11dfb73667 *Ext2Fsd-0.50.src.zip
747ed2f3eb22bf3f67fae7084f6c895f516e6058 *Ext2Fsd-0.50.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 <matt at ext2fsd.com>
http://www.ext2fsd.com
Tags: 0.50
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Ext2Fsd Project
February 6th, 2011 at 4:13 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I almost gave up hope.
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:56 am
Well … the first impression is more than acceptable. It´s a very good help for multibooters … no doubt about it. Sure … it will be better once it get a bit more polished and you implement your future improvement plans. Eitherway … thank you very much guys and congrats. Good job !!
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February 7th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Yay! Thanks for the release
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February 7th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Thanks a lot for this release!
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February 11th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
I was highly anticipating an update. Thank you for the effort you put into this!
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February 13th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Finally, ext4 support has come. From now on, I don’t have to mind creating ext4 partitions. Thank the developers, including Bo Branten and Matt Wu.
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February 15th, 2011 at 2:55 am
Nice to see a new release with the ext4 support. Thank you for working on this Matt!
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February 19th, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Thanks for the update. However, I’m experiencing a problem with my EXT4 partition. Ext2Fsd volume manager still shows it as EXT3 and only shows top level directories. Did I miss something here?
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matt wu Reply:
February 20th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
If possible, please boot into Linux and do a “tune2fs -l” with your linux volume. Then mail me the results. Thanks.
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February 25th, 2011 at 12:54 am
Great!! Thank you for release!!
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February 28th, 2011 at 4:28 am
[...] Вышла новая версия Windows-драйвера ext2fsd, в которой реализована поддержка чтения/записи для файловой системы ext4, в дополнение к ранее поддерживаемым ФС ext2 и ext3. Разработка ext2fsd 0.50 продолжалась полтора года, драйверы имеют цифровую подпись корпорации Oracle и работают без проблем не только в Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7, но и в Windows 7 64. Код драйвера распространяется в рамках лицензии GPLv2. [...]
February 28th, 2011 at 4:54 am
[...] Вышла новая версия Windows-драйвера ext2fsd, в которой реализована поддержка чтения/записи для файловой системы ext4, в дополнение к ранее поддерживаемым ФС ext2 и ext3. Разработка ext2fsd 0.50 продолжалась полтора года, драйверы имеют цифровую подпись корпорации Oracle и работают без проблем не только в Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7, но и в Windows 7 64. Код драйвера распространяется в рамках лицензии GPLv2. [...]
February 28th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Nice, I’ve been expecting that. Good job !
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March 1st, 2011 at 6:14 pm
[...] Iznākusi jauna versija MS Windows draiverim ext2fsd, kurā realizēta lasīšana/rakstīšana failsistēmā ext4 papildus jau esošajām ext2 un ext3. ext2fsd 0.50 draiveru izstrāde notika pusotru gadu, tiem ir kompānijas Oracle digitālais paraksts un tie bez problēmām darbojas ne tikai Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7, bet arī Windows 7 64 vidēs. Draivera kods pieejams GPLv2 nosacījumu ietvaros. [...]
March 9th, 2011 at 2:52 am
THANKSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
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June 5th, 2011 at 7:23 am
[...] Вышла новая версия Windows-драйвера ext2fsd, в которой реализована поддержка чтения/записи для файловой системы ext4, в дополнение к ранее поддерживаемым ФС ext2 и ext3. Разработка ext2fsd 0.50 продолжалась полтора года, драйверы имеют цифровую подпись корпорации Oracle и работают без проблем не только в Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7, но и в Windows 7 64. Код драйвера распространяется в рамках лицензии GPLv2. [...]
June 9th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
When I try to copy a couple gigs of ~350mb files onto an ext3 partition, 0.50 hangs explorer and anything attempting to list drive letters. I drag and drop, the drive light flares up for a couple secs then goes dark; the copy progress dialog never appears. Shutting down in that state also stalls (after closing everything, leaving the blank background), presumably because the OS (WinXP SP1) can’t cleanly release its devices.
0.48 works fine.
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Vhati Reply:
June 9th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
** Ignore this. I reposted in the current 1.50 repacked article. **
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Vhati Reply:
June 9th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
er 0.50
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September 27th, 2011 at 2:48 am
Just want to take a minute to indentify an odd problem we have run into concerning running ext2fsd .50 in conjunction with the drive encryption product called Guardian Edge. Guardian Edge is used to encrypt the system drive of a laptop which is running Windows XP and has ext2fsd installed to run as a service under local SYSTEM security context. We have found that while the ext2fsd service is running, users are unable to log off. The system event log shows an event ID 1073 against the USER32.dll, but the returned message in the log entry is unknow. We have found that if we stop the ext2fsd service, users are able to log off again.
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TEfromLI Reply:
September 27th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Found the sollution to the logout issue. Just uncheck the option in the service that allows the service to interact with the desktop.
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February 23rd, 2012 at 1:46 am
Anyone know why my LaCie USB hard drive almost always will not allow me to safely eject when using Ext2FSD, seems there’s a program running – which I cannot ever manage to find? Any ideas which program this might be on my Windows 7 laptop please?
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March 4th, 2013 at 11:01 pm
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April 10th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
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April 13th, 2013 at 5:07 am
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May 10th, 2013 at 1:08 pm
After I used this, my external drives(windows partitions) would mount but not be usable from my explorer which would initially show it up in explorer and then go to my computer without it showing on the list
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May 10th, 2013 at 1:10 pm
sorry i should have said this was on an xp machine. I cannot 100% link it to this software but it happened after installation, and has not corrected via uninstallation. Is this due to this software ?
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May 10th, 2013 at 1:20 pm
I noticed now my seagate external drive seems to show the file system as now RAW. I am not sure what caused the problem but this software may not have caused the problem. Sorry
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May 10th, 2013 at 1:44 pm
interesting twist – my seagate expansion drive is recognised as ntfs on my other xp machine and i am assuming ext2fsd is responsible. please advise
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