On 07/11/2014 19:52, Sven Barth wrote: > On 07.11.2014 13:19, Pierre Schweitzer wrote: >> On 07/11/2014 12:05, Thomas Mueller wrote: >>>> Dear Thomas, >>> >>>> This source of such article is a post from reboot.pro >>>> (http://reboot.pro/topic/20149-ntfs-now-supported-in-reactos-livecd/) >>>> where I report this progress and ask for help. >>> >>>> On ReactOS website, you don't have such strong report, but the piece of >>>> information exists, spread in various places. People started talking >>>> about it on boards a few days ago. You have a short report about it in >>>> the latest ReactOS developer meeting minutes >>>> (https://www.reactos.org/node/909). And finally, the commits made on >>>> NTFS where kind of explicit about the progresses (coming along with >>>> pictures: >>>> https://git.reactos.org/?p=reactos.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=[NTFS]). >>>> >>> >>>> Note that the 0.3.17 release has initial, but not full (release process >>>> was started before everything could be developed) NTFS support. Testing >>>> from trunk is then the preferred method. >>> >>>> Cheers, >>> >>>> Pierre Schweitzer <pierre at reactos.org> >>> >>> Thanks for the link! >>> >>> I can see why, in a developing OS or application, following trunk >>> would be the indicated method. >>> >>> Problem is I have no hard-drive space (actually I do, but it's >>> GPT-partitioned). >> >> We indeed so far don't support GPT disks. It would require some changes >> to be done in our storage stack. >> This is somehow on my todo list, but it's kind of huge ;-). > > Out of curiosity: why is it so extensive to implement? From my > understanding (I'm currently working with partition tables at work) GPT > should be simpler to handle than MBR. Or is this because it needs to be > implemented in a Windows compatible way? If so what did they change > there to make implementing GPT such a "problem"?
Actually, you've to make all the storage stack GPT aware. Which is doable ofc, but not immediate. Kernel though, is already GPT aware. > > Regards, > Sven > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev -- Pierre Schweitzer <pierre at reactos.org> System & Network Administrator Senior Kernel Developer ReactOS Deutschland e.V.
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