Re: Fw: [coLinux-users] Reading ext3 drive in CoLinux on WinXP Pro

[David S. <Dav...@by...>]

I actually got it to work by using \DosDevices\z: since evidently Windows
recognized the drive (and I had given it a drive letter previously). That
worked, and it mounted wondefully! Thank you! CoLinux r0x0rz!

<quote who="Blake">
> Sourceforge didn't like the included .exe file.  dmdiag can be found at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/dmdiag-o.asp
>
> --Blake
> pb...@ta...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blake" <pb...@ta...>
> To: "David Smith" <Dav...@by...>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 3:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [coLinux-users] Reading ext3 drive in CoLinux on WinXP Pro
>
>
>> Try
>>
>> <block_device
>>  index=N+2
>>  path=\Device\HarddiskVolumeN
>>  enabled="true">
>> </block_device>
>>
>> N = 1 to 30
>>
>> And try to access each cobd device in colinux in some way (mount is
> probably
>> the easiest way in this case).
>>
>> Or I found the Win2000 SDK utility "dmdiag" helpful.
>>
>> Or the Diskpart utility could help:
>>
>> diskpart
>> >list disk
>> >select disk N
>> >list volume
>> >list partition
>>
>> I've attached dmdiag.exe in case you can't find it on windows' site.
>>
>> --Blake
>> pb...@ta...
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Smith" <Dav...@by...>
>> To: <col...@li...>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:02 AM
>> Subject: [coLinux-users] Reading ext3 drive in CoLinux on WinXP Pro
>>
>>
>> > I installed CoLinux 0.6.1 under WinXP Pro. Worked like a charm, and
> boots
>> > extremely fast! Now I'm messing with my config.xml to try to get
>> CoLinux
>> > to mount my 120Gb IDE ext3-formatted drive. This is a separate drive
> than
>> > the one Windows XP is installed on, and it has a single ext3
>> partition.
>> > According to the CoLinux docs, CoLinux relies on the host OS to
>> provide
>> > logical access to block devices. But if my host OS (Windows) doesn't
>> > understand ext3, how can it provide logical access? Here's what I've
> tried
>> > to no avail in config.xml:
>> >
>> >   <block_device index="1"
>> >     path="\Device\HarddiskVolume1"
>> >     enabled="true" />
>> >
>> >   <block_device index="1"
>> >     path="\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1"
>> >     enabled="true" />
>> >
>> >   <block_device index="1"
>> >     path="\Device\Harddisk1"
>> >     enabled="true" />
>> >
>> > According to the Windows management console, my drive is "Disk 1", and
> it
>> > appears as "Healthy (Unknown Partition)".
>> >
>> > Can anyone shed any light on how I could get CoLinux to recognize my
> ext3
>> > drive?
>> >
>> > --Dave