Fuse-ext2 is an EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 filesystem for FUSE, and is built to work with osxfuse.
Fuse-ext2 requires at least Fuse version 2.6.0 for Linux.
Fuse-ext2 requires at least Fuse for macOS version 2.7.5 or greater.
- Linux: Fuse
- macOS: Fuse for macOS
Fuse for macOS can be installed via homebrew if Homebrew-Cask has been tapped.
Look for homebrew/cask in the output.
To install Fuse for macOS using brew:
You will be interactively prompted for sudo access during the install.
brew install --cask osxfuseFor Fuse version 4.0.0 and higher use macfuse
brew install --cask macfuseBuilding from source depends on the following:
- m4
- autoconf
- automake
- libtool
- libfuse-dev
- e2fsprogs
- comerr-dev
- e2fslibs-dev
$ sudo apt-get install m4 autoconf automake libtool
$ sudo apt-get install libfuse-dev e2fsprogs comerr-dev e2fslibs-dev
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install$ sudo dnf install @development-tools m4 autoconf automake libtool e2fsprogs libcom_err-devel fuse-libs e2fsprogs-devel fuse-devel
# build part
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make installYou can use checkinstall or some other equivalent tool to generate an install
package for your distribution.
Install via pkg:
$ pkg install sysutils/fusefs-ext2Building via ports:
$ cd /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ext2
$ make install cleanDependencies:
Building from source depends on the following:
- m4
- autoconf
- automake
- libtool
- e2fsprogs
- xcode-select
Copy and paste this into a file such as /tmp/ext4/script.sh, but do not name the file install.sh. Remember to chmod +x script.sh. Run it
from that directory - ./script.sh
#!/bin/sh
export PATH=/opt/gnu/bin:$PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gnu/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
mkdir fuse-ext2.build
cd fuse-ext2.build
if [ ! -d fuse-ext2 ]; then
git clone https://github.com/alperakcan/fuse-ext2.git
fi
# m4
if [ ! -f m4-1.4.17.tar.gz ]; then
curl -O -L http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.17.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf m4-1.4.17.tar.gz
cd m4-1.4.17
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu
make -j 16
sudo make install
cd ../
# autoconf
if [ ! -f autoconf-2.69.tar.gz ]; then
curl -O -L http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf autoconf-2.69.tar.gz
cd autoconf-2.69
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu
make
sudo make install
cd ../
# automake
if [ ! -f automake-1.15.tar.gz ]; then
curl -O -L http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.15.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf automake-1.15.tar.gz
cd automake-1.15
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu
make
sudo make install
cd ../
# libtool
if [ ! -f libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz ]; then
curl -O -L http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz
cd libtool-2.4.6
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu
make
sudo make install
cd ../
# e2fsprogs
if [ ! -f e2fsprogs-1.43.4.tar.gz ]; then
curl -O -L https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v1.43.4/e2fsprogs-1.43.4.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf e2fsprogs-1.43.4.tar.gz
cd e2fsprogs-1.43.4
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu --disable-nls
make
sudo make install
sudo make install-libs
sudo cp /opt/gnu/lib/pkgconfig/* /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
cd ../
# fuse-ext2
export PATH=/opt/gnu/bin:$PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gnu/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
cd fuse-ext2
./autogen.sh
CFLAGS="-idirafter/opt/gnu/include -idirafter/usr/local/include/osxfuse/" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/gnu/lib -L/usr/local/lib" ./configure
make
sudo make installThe e2fsprogs live in /opt/gnu/bin and /opt/gnu/sbin. fuse-ext2 is in /usr/local/bin.
cd
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test-fs.ext4 bs=1024 count=102400
/opt/gnu/sbin/mkfs.ext4 /tmp/test-fs.ext4
mkdir -p ~/mnt/fuse-ext2.test-fs.ext4
fuse-ext2 /tmp/test-fs.ext4 ~/mnt/fuse-ext2.test-fs.ext4 -o rw+,allow_other,uid=501,gid=20To verify the UID and GID of the user mounting the file system:
idTo verify the file system has mounted properly:
mountSee the Man page for options.
Usage: fuse-ext2 <device|image_file> <mount_point> [-o option[,...]]
Options: ro, rw+, force, allow_other
Please see details in the manual.
Example: fuse-ext2 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
- Multithread support is broken for now, so fuse operates in a single thread.
- There are no known bugs for read-only mode, read only mode should be ok for everyone.
- Even though write support is available, please do not mount your filesystems with write support unless you have nothing to lose.
Please send the output of the command below when reporting bugs as a GitHub Issue. Before submitting a bug report, please look at the existing issues first.
$ /usr/local/bin/fuse-ext2 -v /dev/path /mnt/point -o debugPlease do not use commas , in partition labels.
Wrong: e2label /dev/disk0s3 "linux,ext3"
Correct: e2label /dev/disk0s3 "linux-ext3"
Alper Akcan alper.akcan@gmail.com
