Russell Standish wrote: > One problem with this notion, is that Linux does not support write > access to NTFS (used for WindowsXP), except as a > "take-you-life-into-your-own-hands-you-have-been-warned" option. > > Restoration of data can therefore be difficult. > > This is not Linux's fault - MS does not publish the details of NTFS, > so is free to change things under to hood, with potentially > disasterous consequence for anyone trying to write to NTFS without > going through the MS software stack.
Actually, a colleague once talked to the writer of the NTFS experimental driver for Linux via email. As a filesystem, NTFS is relatively simple, but in implementation it is inherently unstable. Errors are unavoidable. That is why Windows takes so long to shutdown - it is going through the filesystem correcting the errors that have accumulated during a session. The Linux driver writer didn't have the time and energy to find out all the error cases and develop the corrections. -- Ray Parks [EMAIL PROTECTED] IDART Project Lead Voice:505-844-4024 IORTA Department Mobile:505-238-9359 http://www.sandia.gov/scada Fax:505-844-9641 http://www.sandia.gov/idart Pager:800-690-5288 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
