Hi,
Sorry for the delay in replying.
The fully functional read-write kernel driver is at least for now a
commercial offering. For details see:
http://www.tuxera.com/
The standard Linux 2.6 kernel series contains a cut-down version which
can only overwrite existing files but cannot create or delete files.
Best regards,
Anton
On 25 Sep 2009, at 18:17, John Casteel wrote:
>
> I guess you didn't read my message. NTFS-3G is dog slow, doesn't
> fit our needs. libntfs brags about fast reads/writes comparing to
> ntfs-3g which I am wanting to test. This group is set for a kernel
> level driver however libntfs is user-level... where is the dev tree
> for the kernel level driver (not the ntfsprogs stuff)? I assume
> only on Antons box? why would someone post me to another forum.. I
> would have used that if that is what I wanted.. (not a newb).
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gustavo Guillermo Perez <gu...@co...>
> Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Linux-NTFS-User] Read-Write NTFS with kernel 2.6.27.27
> To: lin...@li...
>
>
> El Martes, 22 de Septiembre de 2009, John Casteel escribió:
> > I am a fairly new mailing list user, however very interested in
> this kernel
> > level driver.
> Use the ntfs-3g package. has real RW features.
>
> :)
> > I loaded the kernel level modules yuma posted in my 2.6.27.27
> kernel (Slax
> > build if it matters). mounting a drive via *mount -o rw /dev/
> <device>
> > /mnt/<dir>* which is sucessful, typing mount shows the mount path
> and rw,
> > however drive is readonly. Trying to write to the device and you
> get
> > read-only filesystem message. Looking at the device properties in
> KDE
> > shows that the permissions are set for Can View Contents only on
> Owner,
> > Forbidden on Group and Others . /var/log/messages shows kernel
> NTFS volume
> > version 3.1 (no errors) as does dmesg output.
> >
> > What kernel are the kernel modules tested with?
> >
> > Should there be write access?
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong (as I am new to this project)?
> >
> > Is this an active project (NTFS-3G is okay but not our
> needs...Anton or
> > other developers can respond I will fill him in privately..)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
>
>
>
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