[ros-kernel] Re: ReactOS GPL vs. proprietary drivers - NTFS Driverunder Linux + WINE

[Casper Hornstrup]

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> Fra: ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com 
> [mailto:ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com] På vegne af Martin Fuchs
> Sendt: 21. oktober 2003 10:00
> Til: ros-kernel at reactos.com
> Emne: [ros-kernel] Re: ReactOS GPL vs. proprietary drivers - 
> NTFS Driverunder Linux + WINE
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > > As GPLed Linux-NTFS still has no NTFS r/w capability I 
> completed the 
> > > project for reliable r/w access in Wine way by using MS-Windows 
> > > ntfs.sys driver.
> > > 
> > > Captive-NTFS
> > > 	http://www.jankratochvil.net/
> 
> If he can do this with ReactOS code on Linux, can't we do it 
> in a similary way - just incorporate MS's NTFS driver to 
> access NTFS drives?
> 
> It may be difficult to boot from an NTFS partition, but 
> mounting any other drive read/write should be possible. Did 
> some one already try this?
> 
> Martin

You need to rewrite the cache manager then, which may not be fun.
Jan did this using glib which may not be an option for ReactOS.

Casper Hornstrup