Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Wed, 8 May 1996 12:19:53 +0200 | Subject | Re: NTFS Filesystem? |
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On 6 May 96 at 9:20, Paolo Pierini wrote:
> A very simple question from a newcomer on this list. > > I have a dual boot Linux 1.3.97 / Windows NT 3.51 installation > (ok, shame on me, but please don't start a flame war asking me why > should > I have WNT installed on my machine :-) ) > I am quite happy since NTLDR.COM behaves nicely with respect to my > MBR and I can have lilo boot either linux or NT. > > I would also like, however, to have access to the NTFS disk on > the system. Is this possible? Or, I should say, is somebody > working on that? I guess it's not a straightforward thing > and not many people want it in the first place...
As NTFS is based on HPFS from OS/2, it might be worth the try to reuse the HPFS code. This does not mean that it'll work, but I guess anybody who wants to write a filesystem should have a look at existing code first. Maybe the HPFS will get writing capabilities that way...
> > thanks > > -- > Paolo Pierini: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare > Lab. LASA / Via Cervi, 201 / I-20090 Segrate (MI), Italy > > Tel: x39-2-2392-560 pierini@mi.infn.it > http://hptesla.mi.infn.it/staff/pp.html
Ulrich
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