#59 ext2 partition on USB-stick cannot be mounted if sd?{2-...}

[Anonymous]

Please see the forth post of this thread:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1508290&forum_id=143329

Same here. Got Ext2Fsd-0.31a.exe (don't know what these other packages are for (i.e. Ext2Fsr, etc)). Installed it under XP. Plugged in my USB-stick and started the Volume Manager. The USB-stick has two partitions: First partition (here sdb1) is FAT32, the second one (sdb2) is Ext2. In addition the HDD of my PC is paritioned like this: sda1 = NTFS, sda2 = Ext3, sda3 = Linux swap.

What is interesting:
In the Volume Manager the two Linux partitions of my HDD are listed this way:

Type | File System | Total size | Used size | Codepage | Partition Entry
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic| EXT3 | foo GB | bar GB | | Linux
Basic| RAW | foo GB | bar GB | | Linux swap

But the two partitions of my USB-stick are listed that way:

Type | File System | Total size | Used size | Codepage | Partition Entry
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic| FAT | foo GB | bar GB | | FAT32
Basic| | | | | Linux

Note the empty cells of the USB-stick Ext2 partition. I can assign a drive letter to sdb2, but get this "... not formatted ..." message by Windows when trying to access the Ext2 partition.

If I now partition the USB-stick with only one partition (sdb1 = Ext2), everything works as expected (i.e.: I can mount this partition with the Volume Manager and can access it).

Hope that helps

[DarkVenger]

I have the same problem with my partition scheme on the removable drive. Is this a problem of the Ext2Fsd itself or is it related to the fact that windows will *never* recognize more than 1 partition in removable drives?
If it's the latter is the correct answer, is it possible to overcome this windows limitation, or not?

Best regards,
DV

[Áxel Costas Pena]

I am also wondering if the Windows limitation can be skipped by Ext2FSD. Developers?