Ext2Fsd 0.60 was released !
Features implemented or bugfix since V0.53:
1, Ext4 extent writing support (developed by ngkaho1234 @ gmail.com)
See his repository for more details:
http://github.com/ngkaho1234/Ext3Fsd.git
2, Size manipulation and i/o path revised for support of indirect and
extent-based mappings
3, 16T volume supported (tested and confirmed with 4T volume)
Version 0.53 and previous versions only support up to 2T volume
ticket: https://sourceforge.net/p/ext2fsd/bugs/134/
4, Deletion acceleration: truncation optimized for indirect-based files
5, Size-expanding disabled in IRP_MJ_CREATE for better performance.
Windows sometimes would truncate file size back to 0
6, Support Volume exclusive-open for e2fsprogs utils. Any attempts
will be denied while EXT4 volume is being checked (e2fsck).
7, FIXME: Possible zero-content returned (requesting data from file tail)
8, FIXME: File ByteOffset updated for FO_SYNCHRONOUS_IO open (async i/o)
ticket: https://sourceforge.net/p/ext2fsd/bugs/133/
9, FIXME: don't do byte or range round up for paging i/o requests
ticket: https://sourceforge.net/p/ext2fsd/bugs/129/
10, FIXME: occasional block bitmap difference issue, cased by checksum
caculation in uninit_bg group initializing
Supported Ext3/4 features by 0.60:
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: full support with extending and shrinking.
8, journal: only support replay for internal journal
9, flex_bg: first flexible metadata group
Unsupported Ext3/4 features:
1, journal: log-based operations, external journal
2, EA (extended attributes), ACL support
3, symlink creation
Features to be implemented in next release:
1, Reparse point support (hardlink, symbolic link etc)
2, mounted as given user: privilege checking with given uid & gid
Files descriptions:
Ext2Fsd-0.60.exe: setup wizard for Windows systems (Win2k, Winxp,
Vista, Win7, Win8, Server 2003, Server 2008/R2)
Ext2Fsd-0.60.7z: Batch setup package in 7-zip
Ext2Fsd-0.60.zip: Batch setup package in zip
Ext2Fsd-0.60.src.7z: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in 7-zip
Ext2Fsd-0.60.src.zip: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in zip
Download link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/Ext2fsd/0.60/
Files checksum:
C:\Works\Ext2fsd\0.60>sha1sum Ext2Fsd-0.60* de61f306f9a68590207cc598e84edd7840be23ed *Ext2Fsd-0.60.7z 74937c4f5ef2eb591486bec744444ee280d595db *Ext2Fsd-0.60.exe 8a0e53a3b2b0d56e1d764ae88ff38bbaddb5bc4a *Ext2Fsd-0.60.src.7z 71dfaebfd447f7aa4c0807302ab82839dd0f43ba *Ext2Fsd-0.60.src.zip 944925882c7a279f2a5bb5e7d91c9e3b1c84f3bc *Ext2Fsd-0.60.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 <mattwu@163.com>
https://www.ext2fsd.com
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