Ext2Fsd 0.50 was released !
================================== Release Notes for Ext2Fsd V0.50 ==================================
Features implemented and bugfix from V0.48: 1, Ext4 extent readonly support by Bo Branten. Writing is possible but with no size-extending 2, Ext3 directory index (hash-tree) support 3, Fast fsck (uninit_bg) and group block checksum support 4, Ext4 64k block size support 5, Symlink/special inodes open/read/deletion support 6, Buffer head implemented over cache pages 7, Memory allocation optimization for flexible-size inodes 8, Improve file deletion: don't grab global lock when deleting 9, FIXME: return zero-content for sparse file gaps 10, FIXME: check available spaces before blocks allocation 11, FIXME: refresh stale root dir content after journal replay 12, FIXME: incompatible dentry management for 64k block size 13, FIXME: don't do journal replay for devices set as readonly 14, FIXME: Win7 cmd.exe always reports file sizes as zero 15, FIXME: Win7 memory throttling issue calling CcPinRead 16, FIXME: Ext3Fsd Build issues (SLIST/div64 for Win2k, browser files) 17, FIXME: Compiling test failure (fastio doesn't update i_size) 18, FIXME: Possible Mcb memory leak for symbolic links
Supported Ext3/4 features by 0.50: 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: reading, writing with no extending. 8, journal: only support replay for internal journal
Unsupported Ext3/4 features: 1, journal: log-based operations, external journal 2, extent: size truncating & expanding, file deletion 2, flex_bg: first metadata group 3, EA (extended attributes), ACL support
Features to be implemented in future: 1, EXT3/4 features support (extents, journal, flex_bg,) 2, Documents improvement: clear and elaborate 3, Performance improvement, code optimization 4, Automatic check & update of new versions 5, LVM support, e2fsprogs porting for Windows
Files descriptions: Ext2Fsd-0.50.exe: setup wizard for Windows systems (Win2k, Winxp, Vista, Win7, Server 2003, Server 2008/R2) Ext2Fsd-0.50.7z: Batch setup package in 7-zip Ext2Fsd-0.50.zip: Batch setup package in zip Ext2Fsd-0.50.src.7z: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in 7-zip Ext2Fsd-0.50.src.zip: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in zip Download link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/Ext2fsd/0.50/ Files checksum: C:\Works\Ext2fsd\0.50>sha1sum Ext2Fsd-0.50* bec1b29452473a36dc99c163b7bedbc4bb53707d *Ext2Fsd-0.50.7z 51cd8b7362ca3b401d455e2338f2c9eb9f97ae30 *Ext2Fsd-0.50.exe 28f9f3456bfc104fb0773e26c26e8c2fc663663a *Ext2Fsd-0.50.src.7z 844bce05d203d81d53f69493ae4a5b11dfb73667 *Ext2Fsd-0.50.src.zip 747ed2f3eb22bf3f67fae7084f6c895f516e6058 *Ext2Fsd-0.50.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 <matt at ext2fsd.com> https://www.ext2fsd.com
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