Why is proper NTFS-driver difficult?
Hello,
I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper NTFS support been neglected?
Is there any file system I can use which satisfies these criteria:
A) works in both Linux and Windows
B) handle >4GB files
C) handle 120GB partitions
Sincerly,
/m
Quoted 4 lines · Martin Olsson
I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper NTFS support been neglected?
Maybe because our favorite monopolistic company wants to keep its internals well hidden to the public? The reason they are doing this is completely unknown to me.
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Quoted 4 lines · Martin Olsson
I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper NTFS support been neglected?
Maybe because our favorite monopolistic company wants to keep its internals well hidden to the public? The reason they are doing this is completely unknown to me.
AFAIK Linux NTFS-fs team said it knows enough to implement it. It's a question of time and motivation now.
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Quoted 4 lines · Martin Olsson
I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper NTFS support been neglected?
Because there is no official documentation which will cover future versions of NTFS (which may come with the next patch^Whotfix - let alone service pack).
Bernd
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Hi Martin,
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I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper NTFS support been neglected?
Because it is not easy. NTFS has very sophisticated structure, not documented anywhere but already reverse engineered and partially documented at linux-ntfs project page (http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/).
As I said this is not easy task and as such it is time consuming. All linux-ntfs developers are volunteers and not paid for this work. It means that all code is written in the free time. Much time was also spent on helping users (this will change now, see the manifest on the project page).
To summarize, the write support will appear sooner or later, if you volunteer to help, you are very welcome.
I'm ccing ntfs-dev list which is a better place to discuss such topics.
take care,
pkot
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Quoted 8 lines · Martin Olsson
Hello,
I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper NTFS support been neglected?
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Is there any file system I can use which satisfies these criteria:
A) works in both Linux and Windows
B) handle >4GB files
C) handle 120GB partitions
ext2/3
There are (open source) ext2/3 drivers for Windows.
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(Roger Waters)Quoted 8 lines · Martin Olsson
Hello,
I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper NTFS support been neglected?
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Is there any file system I can use which satisfies these criteria:
A) works in both Linux and Windows
B) handle >4GB files
C) handle 120GB partitions
UDF meets A & B. I don't if it meets C.
Dax
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Quoted 4 lines · Martin Olsson
Is there any file system I can use which satisfies these criteria:
A) works in both Linux and Windows
B) handle >4GB files
C) handle 120GB partitionsUDF meets A & B. I don't if it meets C.
Last time I tried it, Windows would only read UDF from CD/DVD, not from a hard drive. Stupid but true...
-Erik
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