Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 02:56:33 +1000 From: "Neeraj Arora" <Neeraj.Arora@ems.rmit.edu.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <tony@ubik.demon.co.uk>, <cparker15@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: NTFS Question Message-ID: <seb08cf6.033@ems.rmit.edu.au>
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Cant MS make anything properly... --neeraj >>> Anthony Naggs <tony@ubik.demon.co.uk> 05/01/03 02:38am >>> [snip] Below is an extract from: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs.html#3.2=20 3.2 Can the Driver write to an NTFS volume, too? Not really. There are two drivers, currently. The original driver, in 2.4 has = some=20 write code in it, but it is extremely dangerous to use it. The=20 possibility of destroying your filesystem is very high. The new driver, introduced in 2.5.11, has some write code, but it's=20 very limited. The driver can overwrite existing files, but it cannot=20 change the length, add new or delete existing files. Adding write support will take a long time. NTFS is built like a=20 database. Any changes you make, necessitate making changes in many=20 places, for consistancy. Make a mistake and the filesystem will be=20 damaged, make too many mistakes and the filesystem will be destroyed.=20 --=20 Anthony Naggs _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=20 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "
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