From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
To: Christian Iversen <chrivers@iversen-net.dk>
Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
Subject: Re: reiser4 for windows
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:37:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41ED3B39.2000702@namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200501171812.54199.chrivers@iversen-net.dk>
Christian Iversen wrote:
>On Monday 17 January 2005 17:46, Hans Reiser wrote:
>
>
>>David Masover wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hans Reiser wrote:
>>>[...]
>>>
>>>|> To start with, ntfs read access is still case insensitive, last I
>>>|> checked. How deep does that go?
>>>|
>>>| In reiser4, it is just a directory plugin.
>>>
>>>Nono -- how do you give Windows, which is case insensitive, access to a
>>>case-sensitive filesystem? For instance, how do you get a Windows-based
>>>backup program to back up a reiser4 partition from a Linux installation,
>>>if it has filenames that are identical except for case?
>>>
>>>
>>This problem is insoluble. Either make reiser4 case insensitive and use
>>it that way or educate the windows programs or live with bugs. I see no
>>alternative. Do you?
>>
>>
>
>Actually, NTFS has case-sensitivity-support, but it's turned off by default. I
>think a fair share of programs _should_ work, even though they all _ought_ to
>work.
>
>Could reiser4 support case-crushing, so it would be more "windows-native"?
>
>
>
It could, as a plugin.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-18 16:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-04 21:10 reiser4 for windows Job Bob
2004-12-05 1:57 ` Hans Reiser
2004-12-05 4:00 ` Hans Reiser
2004-12-05 4:54 ` David Masover
2004-12-07 8:28 ` Redeeman
2004-12-08 0:51 ` Philip Miller
2005-01-26 19:27 ` Marcus Furlong
2005-01-16 2:39 ` Hans Reiser
2005-01-16 6:07 ` David Masover
2005-01-17 16:46 ` Hans Reiser
2005-01-17 17:12 ` Christian Iversen
2005-01-18 16:37 ` Hans Reiser [this message]
2005-02-01 8:52 ` mjt
2005-02-01 9:59 ` Christian Iversen
2005-02-02 1:18 ` David Masover
2005-02-02 8:02 ` Christian Iversen
2005-01-18 5:08 ` David Masover
2005-01-18 17:03 ` Hans Reiser
2004-12-05 8:14 ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-12-05 7:37 ` David Masover
2004-12-06 2:31 ` Jonathan Briggs
2004-12-06 4:17 ` Tierra
2004-12-06 14:55 ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-12-07 6:07 Jiri Klouda
2004-12-07 8:29 ` Redeeman
2004-12-08 1:40 ` Spam
2004-12-08 4:38 ` David Masover
2004-12-08 7:50 ` Radovan Garabik
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