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Date:      Wed, 2 Oct 1996 13:36:13 +0900 (JST)
From:      Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To:        Chris Csanady <ccsanady@friley216.res.iastate.edu>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   NTFS (was Re: VPS mailing list, BSD interest?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.93.961002133035.3204B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <199610020106.UAA05994@friley216.res.iastate.edu>

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On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Chris Csanady wrote:

> >> NTFS also uses b-trees.  Actually it uses a linear directory structure for
> >> small directories and b-trees for larger directories.  This optimization
> >> reminds me of the direct inode/indirect inode scheme used in FFS.
> >
> >All in all, for compatability, an NTFS would be a better choice,
> >since FreeBSD is currently very Intel specific anyway.
> 
> I think I'd rather we went with JFS rather than NTFS, just on general principle. :)

Considering that on a PC I'm more likely to mount a NTFS partition than a
JFS partition I'd rather see a FreeBSD NTFS -- and one that kicks NT's
NTFS.

Regards,


Mike Hancock




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