EXT2-OS2

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EXT2-OS2
Version
Vendor
Author Matthieu Willm
License Open Source / GNU LGPL
Download ext2_240.zip
Website Archived Website

EXT2-OS2 is a package that allows OS/2 to seamlessly access Linux ext2 formatted partitions from OS/2 as if they were standard OS/2 drive letters. The ultimate aim of this package is to be able to use the ext2 file system as a replacement of FAT or HPFS. For the moment the only lacking feature to achieve this goal is the support for OS/2 extended attributes.

EXT2-OS2 is composed of several parts :

  • A 32 bits OS/2 file system driver that allows read-write access to Linux ext2 file systems.
  • A filter driver that allows OS/2 to see type 83 partitions, and allows to reorder all hard disk drive letters.
  • A pair of special drivers that allows OS/2 to boot from a Linux ext2 file system.
  • An OS/2 port of the Linux ext2 file system utilities (e2fsprogs version 1.10), which includes :
    • mke2fs, to format partitions to the Linux ext2 file system,
    • e2fsck, to check and repair Linux ext2 file systems,
    • debugfs, an interactive Linux ext2 file system debugger,
    • tune2fs, to change parameters of a Linux ext2 file system,
    • chattr, to change attributes of a file on a Linux ext2 file system,
    • lsattr, to list attributes of a file on a Linux ext2 file system.