On Jan 4, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Adam Holland <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hmm, I guess there's no hope of finding a generic binary for ntfs-3g and
> fuse. Do the various distributions of illumos differ at the kernel level? I
> understand that *BSDs are not binary compatible, even though they share the
> name BSD... I'm used to Linux distros which come in so many flavours, but
> all really use just the one kernel.
We're closer to Linux, and even *more* compatible across kernels, than you
typically find with Linux.
One of the problems with NTFS in general is that I believe Microsoft has
patents which have to be licensed in order to properly implement it -- at least
here in the US. (This is true for exFAT as well, which I seem to recall being
the filesystem that was intended for large media sticks -- the very largest
SDcards use exFAT for example.)
- Garrett
>
> -Adam
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Fabio Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Jean-Pierre,
>
> Hmmm, that's makes sense about the NTFS being a closed-source implementation,
> so that's why it's not present yet.
>
> Since the two packages haven't worked properly and, as you have pointed out,
> they're old, it's enough good reason for me to remove them. Giving a try with
> ntfs-3g soon ;-)
>
> I'll let you know.
>
> Cheers,
> Fabio
>
>> ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
>> Von: Jean-Pierre
>> Gesendet: 04.01.13 18:20 Uhr
>> An: [email protected]
>> Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [OmniOS-discuss] [smartos-discuss] Re:
>> Mount NTFS USB under OmniOS
>>
>> Hi Fabio,
>>
>> Fabio Rodrigues wrote:
>> > Hi Alain/All,
>>
>> > The reason I've decided to send the e-mail is, first of all,
>> > to find out is there was a solution to natively support NTFS
>> > that I wasn't aware of and second, in case there was nothing
>> > there, to make an statement about the issue and that might be
>> > solved in the future (hopefully soon, rater than later).
>> > I don't believe I would be the only one to benefit from a
>> > proper solution, and that (IMHO) would be also great for
>> > OmniOS/illumos based distros ;-)
>>
>>
>> AFAIK, (apart from Microsoft) only Tuxera has an in-kernel
>> implementation of an NTFS driver. It is a closed-source one,
>> which has not been adapted to Solaris and friends.
>> (see http://www.tuxera.com)
>>
>> >
>> > Now, I've been trying a couple of things in the meantime as well.
>> > The package "ntfsprogs" (which is available in the main OmniOS repo)
>> > provides some utils and I was able to list the files on my USB
>> > device, but the mount option wasn't ported to OmniOS. Here is more
>> > info about the pkg:
>> >
>> > #########################
>> >
>> > root@gearloose:~# pkg info -r ntfsprogs
>> > Name: system/file-system/ntfsprogs
>> > Summary: ntfsprogs - Utilities that provide access to NTFS
>> > Description: ntfsprogs are utilities that provide access to and
>> > manipulation
>> > of NTFS
>> > Category: System/Administration and Configuration
>> > State: Not installed
>> > Publisher: omnios
>> > Version: 2.0.0
>> > Build Release: 5.11
>> > Branch: 0.151004
>> > Packaging Date: Thu Oct 11 22:43:21 2012
>> > Size: 831.75 kB
>> > FMRI:
>> > pkg://omnios/system/file-system/[email protected],5.11-0.151004:20121011T224321Z
>> >
>>
>> This is a very old package from a dead project. Be prepared
>> to get into problems with 4k sector devices.
>>
>> It has been taken over by ntfs-3g and it is now part of
>> the ntfs-3g releases and it has been ported to OpenIndiana.
>>
>> The source code and executables for OpenIndiana are available on
>> http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/openindiana-ntfs-3g.html
>> (the same source code on Tuxera at
>> http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/#download)
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Jean-Pierre
>>
>>
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>
> ---
> Fabio Rodrigues
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