From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 2 01:44:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C78F16A4EC for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 01:44:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DWarne@acpmagazines.com.au) Received: from mail95.messagelabs.com (mail95.messagelabs.com [216.82.241.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6EFB243D46 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 01:44:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from DWarne@acpmagazines.com.au) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: DWarne@acpmagazines.com.au X-Msg-Ref: server-3.tower-95.messagelabs.com!1154483034!35756484!5 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.10.7; banners=acpmagazines.com.au,-,- X-Originating-IP: [203.48.97.132] Received: (qmail 10798 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2006 01:44:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO acphofexc02.acp.net) (203.48.97.132) by server-3.tower-95.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 2 Aug 2006 01:43:59 -0000 Received: from acphofexc08.acp.net ([10.68.120.65]) by acphofexc02.acp.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:43:54 +1000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:43:53 +1000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Implementing NTFS-3g into FreeBSD Thread-Index: Aca11Ii2wrn6jBV8ShuZOu03OXjKDQAABcbA From: "Warne, Dan" To: "Juha Saarinen" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Aug 2006 01:43:54.0252 (UTC) FILETIME=[1CCD5CC0:01C6B5D5] Cc: Tim Gaden , workmail@danwarne.com, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Implementing NTFS-3g into FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:44:05 -0000 Thanks=20for=20that=20Juha,=20yes=20I'm=20thinking=20of=20dual-booting=20s= cenarios,=20but also=20the=20ability=20to=20format=20an=20high=20capacity=20external=20dri= ve=20without jumping=20through=20hoops.=20 Currently,=20if=20you=20want=20to=20use=20a=20high=20capacity=20external=20= drive=20for read/write=20across=20Windows=20and=20OS=20X=20machines,=20your=20only=20o= ption=20is=20FAT32, and=20neither=20OS=20X=20nor=20Windows=20can=20format=20drives=20with=20FA= T32=20above=20a certain=20partition=20size.=20(Apparently=20FAT32=20on=20Linux=20can=20get= =20around=20the Microsoft=20size=20limitation,=20but=20that's=20not=20a=20very=20practical= =20option=20for=20an OS=20X=20user).=20 Cheers Dan Dan=20Warne=20|=20news=20and=20online=20editor=20|=20APC=20Magazine=20| dwarne@acpmagazines.com.au=20|=20http://apcmag.com Address=20for=20couriers:=20APC=20Magazine,=20L9=20175-183=20Castlereagh=20= St,=20Sydney ACP=20Magazines=20Limited=20|=20Publishing=20and=20Broadcasting=20Limited -----Original=20Message----- From:=20Juha=20Saarinen=20[mailto:juhasaarinen@gmail.com]=20 Sent:=20Wednesday,=20August=2002,=202006=2011:40=20AM To:=20Warne,=20Dan Subject:=20Re:=20Implementing=20NTFS-3g=20into=20FreeBSD On=208/2/06,=20Warne,=20Dan=20=20wrote: >=20Hi=20all, > >=20One=20of=20my=20journalists=20recently=20wrote=20an=20interesting=20st= ory=20on=20the=20 >=20NTFS-3g=20project=20that=20is=20promising=20a=20fully=20OSS=20solution= =20for=20reading=20 >=20-and=20writing-=20to=20NTFS=20partitions. > >=20I=20am=20personally=20a=20Mac=20OS=20X=20user=20and=20I=20don't=20have= =20a=20Linux/Unix=20 >=20background=20so=20I=20wonder=20if=20you=20can=20advise:=20how=20viable= =20would=20it=20be=20to=20 >=20implement=20NTFS-3g=20into=20FreeBSD? > >=20More=20specifically=20I'm=20wondering=20whether=20Apple=20could=20easi= ly=20implement=20 >=20it=20into=20Darwin,=20therefore=20providing=20NTFS=20write=20support=20= for=20OS=20X. 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