MountX is a GPL-licensed system extension which provides read-only access to ext2-formatted filesystems, under MacOS 8 & 9
This software is based on e2fsprogs version 1.14, it was written by Benjamin Herrenschmidt, the original author of BootX, a well known Linux bootloader, for PowerPC Macs with "Old World" ROMs
From the README:
"What is MountX ?
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MountX allows your macintosh to mount MkLinux & linux-pmac ext2fs volumes on
the MacOS desktop. It does it's magic by implementing an external file system
MountX does it's magic by implementing an external file system
following Apple's File System Manager API. The File System Manager is always
available with system 7.5 and later. Therefore, this extension may not work at all with System 7.0-7.1.2
Attempting to load this extension under System 7.6.1, running under Basilisk, fails with the message "Your system software is too old for MountX. You must be running MacOS 8 minimum, sorry"
