Re: [coLinux-devel] potentially bad idea

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> On Wednesday 07 April 2004 04:06, Gregory M. Turner wrote:
>> For example, it is possible to use Linux's built in NTFS "write" support
>> (which actually only supports writing to unencrypted, uncompressed files
>> without changing their size -- but is still just-good-enough for this
>> purpose) under native linux.  Just:
>
> AFAIK understood it it also can do "everything else" but that only
> modifing a
> file without changing its size is save

yes that is the only safe operation but the others are possible


>
>> o mount your NTFS partition in rw mode
>
> maybe the NTFS driver should need a read/modify mode?
>
that would be nice so that people who use it for loopbacks would be a
little safer

there is another project that uses the windows drivers for ntfs but is
kinda legally questionable depending on local laws it is aginst the MS
EULA so you need a local law that overides to use it legally. I have not
tried it but it sounds interesting
http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
>
>
> Another thing to do for this is modifing linux so fstab points to the
> right
> name depending on a colinux or linux boot. This can probably be done by
> modifing rc.sysinit.
>

check out the topologilinux howTo in the wiki the method of handling fstab
differences and other differences should be adaptable but you will need to
create a do nothing initrd for booting nativly

chris