I'll be interested in testing your code. I have an old 20GB HD which I can play with. <br>
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Currently, I have a USB drive formatted in NTFS, because, I want it to
be accessible by friend's XP machine in case of emergencies. and I
would convert it to ReiserFS once your code is stable enough.<br>
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having a read only mode is fine with me; write mode would be a nice option, but it's not important in my case.<br>
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My impression is Hans doesn't like the Idea, but a stripped down
version of ReiserFS driver for windows could be a good thing, and
encourages more people to use ReiserFS.<br>
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-Bedros<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Piper</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:mwp@cs.cmu.edu">mwp@cs.cmu.edu</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This summer, I will be starting a 3.5-month project to create an<br>Installable File System Driver (IFSD) to read ReiserFS under Microsoft<br>Windows, similar to ext2fsd.&nbsp;&nbsp; (The project is a practicum to complete<br>my degree in software engineering from&nbsp;&nbsp;Carnegie Mellon.)
<br><br>I have three questions:<br><br>* Is anyone out there interested in using the tool as it is developed?<br><br>* Is anyone out there interested in mentoring the development of the<br>tool?&nbsp;&nbsp;(This basically consists of answering specific technical
<br>questions when they arise.)<br><br>* Other than compliance to the GPL, are there any other liscensing<br>factors I should be aware of?<br><br>For anyone interested, my initial plan is to port the read-only ReiserFS<br>
3 code from the GRUB bootloader, and turn it into an IFSD using the same<br>techniques as in ext2fsd -- although I'd love to hear other ideas, and<br>opinions of whether the project might be feasible with ReiserFS 4.<br><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mark Piper<br><br></blockquote></div><br>