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Old 05-16-2016, 08:01 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
@Mr.Samuel,

Also, you will have to find some way to view a linux-native (ext) partition image.
On linux that is obviously dead easy. On OSX it is supposed to be practically impossible to get an ext4 driver?
Not sure what the state is on Windows.
I mount .img files using "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver": http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk

I also have an EXT IFS driver installed in my Win7 x64 box, so I can read and write files on EXT2/3/4 partitions directly (just like NTFS or FAT32). Though weird things happend when a directory contains filesnames that are the same when case is ignored (such as in Windows). It also has problems with symlinks. But still, good for casual browsing. When it fails me, I loop mount the image file in my linux mint VM instead (which is pretty much always open these days). Also, I do not have an easy way in Windows to mount and view squashfs or jffs2 partition images (which I have been encountering more frequently) so my linux VM is rapidly becoming my "go to" tool for kindle development. I think it is about time to put linux as my main boot OS (relegating windoze to a VM) on this laptop, eh?

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