Messages in this thread | | | From | lists@frednet ... | Date | Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:14:33 -0600 | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Linux-NTFS project, first public release |
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Thank goodness, it's about time. :-)
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 07:08:44PM +0000, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > This is to announce the first public release of the Linux-NTFS project > hosted on sourceforge. The project page, where you can download the source > code tar ball or rpm as well as precompiled RPMs for RedHat Linux 7.0 (i386 > architecture only), is: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-ntfs/ > You can also use the CVS server if you prefer... > Note, that you need the kernel headers installed to compile linux-ntfs > source (probably you will need 2.4.x kernel headers and not 2.2.x ones but > I haven't actually checked whether it works with 2.2.x or not). > > The first release contains the all new and wonderful ntfsfix utility, which > repairs some of the damage that the current Linux NTFS driver does when > writing to an NTFS partition. > > If you are doing any writing to NTFS partitions using the Linux NTFS driver > this is an absolute *MUST* at the present time. It won't solve all > problems, but it goes quite some way to prevent data corruption. > > Run it after dismounting your NTFS partition in Linux but before rebooting > into Windows NT/2000. > > Note, after running the utility, when Windows boots up it will run an > automatic chkdsk on the partition which will finish fixing the damage done > by the Linux NTFS driver without corrupting the written data or any other > data (as long as the Linux NTFS driver hasn't corrupted something beyond > repair, obviously). > > For amusement value, the first release also includes the ntfsdump_logfile > utility which when used on an NTFS partition will display information about > the journal ($LogFile) of that partition. > > Finally both these utilities make use of the also included NTFS library > which offer NTFS access to open source programs. It is currently under > heavy development and the API is not going to remain as it is so don't use > it yet for your own programs. > > For everyone interested in NTFS on-disk structures and functionality, you > will find the doc directory and especially the include directory to be of > great interest as the later includes header files with all known to me NTFS > structures. I still haven't gone through all the NTFS information that is > available so they are considered work in progress but are fairly complete I > thing. Most people will probably find that the $LogFile structures have > never been published before anywhere and now we have the restart area > structure definitions. > > Any problems compiling/running the utilities, just give me a shout, or even > better submit bug reports on the project page! > > Enjoy! > > Anton > > > -- > "Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet get the work done". - > Linus Torvalds > -- > Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @) > Linux NTFS Maintainer / WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-ntfs/ > ICQ: 8561279 / WWW: http://www-stu.christs.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/ > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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