Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:43:53 +1000 From: "Warne, Dan" <DWarne@acpmagazines.com.au> To: "Juha Saarinen" <juhasaarinen@gmail.com> Cc: Tim Gaden <tim@timgaden.com>, workmail@danwarne.com, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Implementing NTFS-3g into FreeBSD Message-ID: <A199A9B42D039341B891101274439F330ACDE58A@acphofexc08.acp.net> In-Reply-To: <b34be8420608011839n193db7d3yb8934d387a6646b6@mail.gmail.com>
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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<DWarne@acpmagazines.com.au>=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. Hi=20Dan, You're=20probably=20aware=20of=20the=20desirability=20to=20have=20"non=20G= PL=20virus"=20code in=20FreeBSD,=20which=20makes=20the=20whole=20thing=20a=20lot=20harder=20t= o=20do. However,=20there's=20this=20project: http://fuse4bsd.creo.hu/ and=20this http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntfsosx/ whoops,=20no,=20scratch=20that=20one.=20:) Are=20you=20thinking=20about=20a=20dual-booting=20scenario?=20I've=20been=20= wondering=20how useful=20things=20like=20Boot=20Camp=20are=20if=20you=20can't=20share=20th= e=20data=20on=20the drive=20between=20partitions. Cheers -- Juha=20Saarinen www.geekzone.co.nz/juha=20|=20Skype:=20juha_saarinen=20www.computerworld.c= o.nz=20| MSN:=20juha_saarinen@msn.com Voice:=20+64=209=20974=204948 _____________________________________________________________________=20 The=20information=20contained=20in=20this=20e-mail=20communication=20may=20= be=20 confidential.=20You=20should=20only=20read,=20disclose,=20re-transmit,=20c= opy,=20 distribute,=20act=20in=20reliance=20on=20or=20commercialise=20the=20inform= ation=20if=20 you=20are=20authorised=20to=20do=20so.=20If=20you=20are=20not=20the=20inte= nded=20recipient=20of=20 this=20e-mail=20communication,=20please=20immediately=20notify=20the=20sen= der=20by=20 e-mail=20and=20then=20destroy=20any=20electronic=20or=20paper=20copy=20of=20= this=20message. Any=20views=20expressed=20in=20this=20e-mail=20communication=20are=20those= =20of=20the=20 individual=20sender,=20except=20where=20the=20sender=20specifically=20stat= es=20them=20 to=20be=20the=20views=20of=20ACP=20Magazines.=20ACP=20Magazines=20does=20n= ot=20represent,=20warrant=20or=20guarantee=20that=20the=20integrity=20of=20= this=20communication=20has=20been maintained=20nor=20that=20the=20communication=20is=20free=20of=20errors,=20= virus=20or=20interference.
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