Hi, Jerry

In my short experience I was able to read ext3 from a Windows system
using software that can do that like Total Commader Ultra Prime. Not
sure if that can help.

Tommie


On 11/28/09, jerry <jerryturba@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I just installed the PUEL version of virtualbox and everything seems to
> be working fine but I have a question about using the shared folder.
> The shared folder is in my /home/jerry/ directory and I can access it in
> my guest OS (windows xp). I don't know if it is still true but I always
> heard that linux can read and write to the windows file system but
> windows cannot safely read and write to ext3. I did google for windows
> reading and writing to ext3 and there is a utility that they say can
> safely do it.
> My question is: Can I use my guest OS (XP) to read and write the shared
> folder on the ext3 file system safely? Should I install the xp utility
> to enable the read/write? Any precautions that I need to take? I have
> backed up /home/ but I would hate to have to reformat the whole partition.
> Thanks for any advice.
> Jerry
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jerry wrote:
> My question is: Can I use my guest OS (XP) to read and write the
> shared folder on the ext3 file system safely?

Yes, you can safely read/write the shared folder without any extra
tools. For XP the shared folder is a network share and has nothing to do
with ext3. The data are written by the host OS, not the guest OS.


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Yes he can, I thought he meant in the same pc, but if it is a network
folder then he can do it. Sorry, misread.
Tommie

On 11/28/09, Nils Kassube <kassube@gmx.net> wrote:
> jerry wrote:
>> My question is: Can I use my guest OS (XP) to read and write the
>> shared folder on the ext3 file system safely?
>
> Yes, you can safely read/write the shared folder without any extra
> tools. For XP the shared folder is a network share and has nothing to do
> with ext3. The data are written by the host OS, not the guest OS.
>
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tommie ramirez andujar wrote:
> Yes he can, I thought he meant in the same pc, but if it is a network
> folder then he can do it. Sorry, misread.
> Tommie
>
> On 11/28/09, Nils Kassube <kassube@gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> jerry wrote:
>>
>>> My question is: Can I use my guest OS (XP) to read and write the
>>> shared folder on the ext3 file system safely?
>>>
>> Yes, you can safely read/write the shared folder without any extra
>> tools. For XP the shared folder is a network share and has nothing to do
>> with ext3. The data are written by the host OS, not the guest OS.
>>
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Thanks Nils and Tommie for the quick help.
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On 28 Nov 2009, at 3:07pm, tommie ramirez andujar wrote:

> Yes he can, I thought he meant in the same pc, but if it is a network
> folder then he can do it. Sorry, misread

Its the same even if the shared folder is on the host machine. The point is when sharing a folder on the host machine with a virtual machine, the virtual machine does *not* see that folder natively, as ext3, but as a special shared filesystem. In the case of a windows VM it will not be seen as ext3, even if that is what it is on the host.

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