An alternative way to copy roms/bios/cores

Libretro Lakka
#1

hey guys i’ve discovered something that may seem stupid to not think of at first
lakka is a linux based operating system-ish the thing that kept me from installing lakka on a usb and live booting from it is the rom and bios copying process windows networks are not very reliable and slow and slow internet speeds like mine (100kb/s cries in corner) may lead to file corruption so ive searched for a bit and found out that u can access the root of the usb (linux partition) through one of three ways

how to geek suggested 3 ways1- Ext2FsdExt2Fsd is a Windows file system driver for the Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 file systems. It allows Windows to read Linux file systems natively, providing access to the file system via a drive letter that any program can access. You can have Ext2Fsd launch at every boot or only open it when you need it. While you can theoretically enable support for writing to Linux partitions, I haven’t tested this. I’d be worried about this option, myself – a lot can go wrong. Read-only support is fine, though, and doesn’t have a risk of messing anything up.

2- DiskInternals Linux ReaderLinux Reader is a freeware application from DiskInternals, developers of data recovery software. In addition to the Ext file systems, Linux Reader also supports ReiserFS and Apple’s HFS and HFS+ file systems. It’s read-only, so it can’t damage your Linux file system.

3- Ext2exploreWe’ve covered Ext2explore in the past. It’s an open-source application that works similarly to DiskInternals Linux Reader — but only for Ext4, Ext3, and Ext2 partitions. It also lacks file previews, but it has one advantage: it doesn’t have to be installed; you can just download the .exe and run it. The Ext2explore.exe program must be run as administrator or you’ll get an error – you can do this from the right-click menu. Linux Reader doesn’t provide access via a drive letter – it’s a separate application you launch to browse your Linux partitions.

the only reason im posting this (i dont normally post on forums) is to help new people like me who got turned off by the file transformation method to use lakka

(all the software description and links were copied from http://www.howtogeek.com/112888/3-ways-to-access-your-linux-partitions-from-windows/ ) all thanks goes to them sorry for my bad english im 15 and english is not my primary language

#2

SMB/CIFS is not slow… it’s slower than NFS yes but you can max out a gigabit connection just fine if you have decent network gear and speedy drives.

#3

Dude my internet speed is 100kb/sec which isn’t fast enough to avoid file courrption And I though this might help somepeople And it’s always good to have more options

#4

I didn’t say you shouldn’t post, I was just clarifying the SMB/CIFS is just fine

#5

Oh I understood what you meant thanks for clearefying that it works fine , and also I just remember I once installed a version of Windows which had the network sharing option courrpted or dead or whatever so that might be a solution to that problem

#6

And that would work without the need of 2 separate pcs

#7

You can also use ssh, with a client like filezilla on windows.

#8

ops i didnt actually try out what i said , now idk where to place the roms and bios XD sorry guys if im annoying posting something im not entirely sure about , its my first post ever on any forum XD i can indeed access them but im a total noob and dont know where to put them