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From: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com>
To: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
cc: Chris Csanady <ccsanady@friley216.res.iastate.edu>,
        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: NTFS (was Re: VPS mailing list, BSD interest?)
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On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Michael Hancock wrote:

> 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.

I agree -- it may be a Microsoft thing, but then again we've already sold
our souls to Intel (who isn't much better tha MS IMHO)..  I dual boot
between NT and FreeBSD on my two machines at home, and the same is true
for about 15 machines where I work..

I think NTFS support in FreeBSD would be super -- at least the ability to
mount NTFS partitions so we can move data between the two file systems
(FFS and NTFS)

just my 2 cents,
-Mark


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> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Mike Hancock
> 
>