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Using the Real ntfs.sys Driver Under Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the some-serious-duct-tape dept.

caseih writes "A very neat hack uses the real ntfs.sys driver (obtained from your own windows XP partition and used via a wine-like layer (borrowed from ReactOS) to mount an ntfs partion with full read/write access. While not an ideal solution and certainly not free as in speech, this is an ideal stop-gap measure for many people trying out linux. I think that we'll probably see this in Knoppix pretty soon."

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  1. In other news... by jamonterrell · · Score: 5, Funny

    A vulnerability has been found in the latest version of knoppix. The vulnerability exploits one of several bugs found in NTFS.SYS and allows any user with access to the drive to render the system useless(moreso than simply using NTFS.SYS already does).

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  2. Re:Linux File System? by BenjyD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, of course Linux uses FAT32. And that text mode screen you get when you press Ctrl-Alt-F1 is COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 6.22.

  3. Re:I'm not sure if we'll see it in knoppix by mph · · Score: 5, Funny
    Everyone would use Linux if you could install it from inside Windows.
    For sufficiently small values of "everyone."
  4. Re:How stable? by ShavenYak · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it's as stable at reading/writing as Windows, then this will be a great hack.

    Man, talk about setting your expectations low....

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  5. Oh nice by Melissa+Bra · · Score: 1, Funny

    Copy more features from Windows. Nice tactic.

  6. Re:The simple fact of the matter is... by darien · · Score: 2, Funny

    Surely in that case it ought to be called Ginp?

  7. Re:OK... good by Sneftel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wine does not consist of an emulation layer, a necessary feature of what most people would consider an emulator.

    Of course Wine has an emulation layer. What do you think it does when an application calls a win32api function... calls up Redmond and asks what to do?

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  8. Re:OK... good by 42forty-two42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, that's okay, as long as we still have a recursive acronym: WINE Is Now an Emulator.

  9. Re:I'm not sure if we'll see it in knoppix by waynemcdougall · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wow.

    It's like the computer pulls itself up by it's own boot straps.

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