ntfs write support mit captive

[spunz]

http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/

Project implements the first full read/write free access to NTFS disk drives. You can mount your Microsoft Windows NT, 200x or XP partition as a transparently accessible volume for your GNU/Linux.

This compatibility was achieved in the Wine way by using the original Microsoft Windows ntfs.sys driver. It emulates the required subsystems of the Microsoft Windows kernel by reusing one of the original ntoskrnl.exe, ReactOS parts, or this project's own reimplementations, on a case by case basis. Project includes the first open source MS-Windows kernel API for Free operating systems. Involvement of the original driver files was chosen to achieve the best and unprecedented filesystem compatibility and safety.

[markisonline]

Das ist aber eine Neuigkeit!

Ich werde das gleich bei mein anderen Rechner ausprobieren.

Danke

mfg
markisonline

[_m3]

Und wie sieht das Lizenzrechtlich aus? Darf man das ueberhaupt?

[markisonline]

Project includes the first open source MS-Windows kernel API for Free operating systems. Involvement of the original driver files was chosen to achieve the best and unprecedented filesystem compatibility and safety.

Anscheinend doch

[_m3]

by using the original Microsoft Windows ntfs.sys driver

IMHO wird das aber MS nicht gefallen.

[markisonline]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...olmon_37n7.asp
(such nach "ntfs.sys")
wahrscheinlich sind die Quellcodes öffentlich verfügbar, zumindest für msdn devs

[markisonline]

Laws and Licensing Conditions



If you are an authorized user of Microsoft Windows NT the laws in some countries give you the right to fully handle the product in any way you want. Therefore you can disassemble the product even in the case you had to agree with the product license forbidding such disassembly as the country laws override any such license agreement.



Microsoft Service Pack



Sometimes you may have the legal license for Microsoft Windows NT but for various technical reasons you do not have the media and/or installation ready at the place of intended use of this project.



Fortunately Microsoft provides free (as in beer) update packages for its Microsoft Windows products called Service Packs; the latest one is Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1a.



This downloadable file contains the full versions of the essential files needed for the current stage of this product: ntfs.sys and ntoskrnl.exe. It even contains cdfs.sys and fastfat.sys for testing purposes.



Service Pack also contains EULA (End User License Agreement) paper disallowing any use of Service Pack outside its original intentions. According to the laws of some countries you need to be authorized user of the Microsoft Windows XP product to be allowed to use the files contained in such Service Pack without the bindings of its EULA. Even the interpretation of such laws may vary.



It would be a breach of the law by the project author to provide automatic (=hidden) functionality to download and extract the Service Pack files. On the other hand it is perfectly legal to ask user for his/her confirmation whether he/she is really the authorized user of Microsoft Windows XP product and download/extract the Service Pack files accordingly.