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From: Szakacsits S. <sz...@si...> - 2003-05-07 13:15:44
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Hi! Ian wrote: > My ntfsimage and restoreimage seem to work now, btw. I just need to > finish writing the manpages. Cool. Ian, please comment the ntfsimage, restoreimage, ntfsclone parts. Of course feel free to do so for the other entries below. I think we need some update on http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/status.html NTFS driver status: more information about the differences (basically the list we discussed recently and we've sent to Dave) and who uses what? Here is a summary what I know: Old NTFS driver: Suse, Debian, Knoppix, binary-only drivers for Red Hat New NTFS driver: Mandrake, Gentoo, ASPLinux, TopologiLinux, Phat Linux If one knows about other distros please let us know. If dmesg | grep 'NTFS driver' gives version 1.x.y then it's the old driver, if it's version 2.x.y then it's the new one. Status of NTFS tools: > Tool Status Description > > ntfsfix Beta Tell windows we've made changes to a volume Stable? > ntfslabel Beta Display or set a volume's label Stable? > ntfsundelete Beta Find files that have been deleted and recover them Stable? > ntfslib Alpha Move all the common code into a shared library At least Beta? > ntfsinfo Started Dump a file's attributes, completely Hmmm, should be stable? The problem is more like the lack of functionality. My ntfsmeta does much more, including 'cluster' below. I still offer it as a replacement or addition ... > ntfswipe Started Write zeros over the unused parts of the disk ??? > cluster Not started Given a cluster, or sector, find the file Started but it didn't work for me, so I added this functionality to my 'ntfsmeta' (it was much faster than debugging 'cluster' and I needed it for debugging user issues, moreover having one statically linked "debug" tool is/was much more comfortable for users then downloading several separate tools). > ntfsck Not started Perform consistancy checks on a volume chkdsk 1st pass is what ntfsresize does [in part] as a filesystem consistency check. Minus fixing problems of course. I also have some code that does 'chkdsk /r' (checking/marking bad sectors). > ntfsdefrag Not started Defragment files, directories and the MFT Basically a lot of overlap with ntfsresize-devel version what I'm doing now [also] very slowly ... > ntfsimage Not started Backup/restore a volume at the file level Beta? Description? > restoreimage Beta? Description? > ntfsclone Beta Efficiently clone NTFS to a sparse file, device or stdandard output. I've made the changes/fixes I planned and when I have time to test them I'll send the update. BTW, if nobody has really the time to update the status.html, I could do it -- it's less time than explaining the old/new driver situation over and over again ;) Cheers, Szaka |
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From: Szakacsits S. <sz...@si...> - 2003-05-11 14:18:28
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On Wed, 7 May 2003, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > Old NTFS driver: Suse, Debian, Knoppix, binary-only drivers for Red Hat > New NTFS driver: Mandrake, Gentoo, ASPLinux, TopologiLinux, Phat Linux Just FYI, actually, apparently, at least SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 use the new NTFS driver also. SuSE 8.2 uses 2.1.1a (I didn't check myself). Szaka |
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From: Pawel K. <pk...@li...> - 2003-05-12 07:57:03
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On Sun, 11 May 2003, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > On Wed, 7 May 2003, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > > > Old NTFS driver: Suse, Debian, Knoppix, binary-only drivers for Red Hat > > New NTFS driver: Mandrake, Gentoo, ASPLinux, TopologiLinux, Phat Linux > > Just FYI, actually, apparently, at least SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 use the new NTFS > driver also. SuSE 8.2 uses 2.1.1a (I didn't check myself). Slackware uses old NTFS driver. And probably it will use what is in the vanilla kernel. pkot -- mailto:pk...@li... :: mailto:pk...@sl... http://kt.linuxnews.pl/ :: Kernel Traffic po polsku |
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From: Ian J. <ia...@da...> - 2003-06-15 17:38:56
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Szakacsits Szabolcs writes ("Project Status"):
> Cool. Ian, please comment the ntfsimage, restoreimage, ntfsclone parts. Of
> course feel free to do so for the other entries below.
Right:
> > ntfsimage Not started Backup/restore a volume at the file level
>
> Beta? Description?
Current status is nearly finished, I think. The description I have in
my manpage is:
dump an NTFS filesystem as a sparse image stream
> > restoreimage
>
> Beta? Description?
Current status is finished, probably call it beta. The description I
have in the manpage is:
restore or analyse a sparse image stream
Code and my testing reports will follow shortly.
Ian.
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From: Leonard N. <leo...@pp...> - 2003-07-21 16:00:35
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Hi,
Just a followup on the ntfsimage/restoreimage status. Everything ok?
Best regards,
-- Leonard
Ian Jackson wrote:
>Szakacsits Szabolcs writes ("Project Status"):
>
>
>>Cool. Ian, please comment the ntfsimage, restoreimage, ntfsclone parts. Of
>>course feel free to do so for the other entries below.
>>
>>
>
>Right:
>
>
>
>>>ntfsimage Not started Backup/restore a volume at the file level
>>>
>>>
>>Beta? Description?
>>
>>
>
>Current status is nearly finished, I think. The description I have in
>my manpage is:
> dump an NTFS filesystem as a sparse image stream
>
>
>
>>>restoreimage
>>>
>>>
>>Beta? Description?
>>
>>
>
>Current status is finished, probably call it beta. The description I
>have in the manpage is:
> restore or analyse a sparse image stream
>
>Code and my testing reports will follow shortly.
>
>Ian.
>
>
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From: Leonard N. <leo...@re...> - 2003-07-21 16:09:01
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Hi,
Just a followup on the ntfsimage/restoreimage status. Everything ok?
Best regards,
-- Leonard
Ian Jackson wrote:
>Szakacsits Szabolcs writes ("Project Status"):
>
>
>>Cool. Ian, please comment the ntfsimage, restoreimage, ntfsclone parts. Of
>>course feel free to do so for the other entries below.
>>
>>
>
>Right:
>
>
>
>>>ntfsimage Not started Backup/restore a volume at the file level
>>>
>>>
>>Beta? Description?
>>
>>
>
>Current status is nearly finished, I think. The description I have in
>my manpage is:
> dump an NTFS filesystem as a sparse image stream
>
>
>
>>>restoreimage
>>>
>>>
>>Beta? Description?
>>
>>
>
>Current status is finished, probably call it beta. The description I
>have in the manpage is:
> restore or analyse a sparse image stream
>
>Code and my testing reports will follow shortly.
>
>Ian.
>
>
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