[ale] sort of OT: Windows driver for ext2/ext3 with 256-byte inodes?

[John Scott]

> I can now do a backup a more traditional way, but I would
> still like to figure out how to directly access a ext3 volume on a
> eSata drive.

I found this.  Here is a driver that is reported to support the 256 bit inodes.  Maybe a new version of what you were already using, or perhaps it is the same thing that was giving you fits.  I'm stabbing at it for you, though!  :)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/reviews/

-John