But I guess you're right in that it doesn't make much sense to have it only available for Linux, which, without e2fstools on Win32, would be the case. I still think it's the ideal solution though.

yes, it would be ideal. It would also be a way to circumvent the (unverified) problem that PUMP_HDA2 does not work as expected.

cu,
sven
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