From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bedros Hanounik <2bedros@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ReiserFS IFSD for Windows Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 10:15:26 -0700 Message-ID: References: <42838B75.1000605@cs.cmu.edu> Reply-To: Bedros Hanounik <2bedros@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_524_27568198.1115918126375" Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <42838B75.1000605@cs.cmu.edu> List-Id: To: Mark Piper Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com ------=_Part_524_27568198.1115918126375 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I'll be interested in testing your code. I have an old 20GB HD which I can= =20 play with.=20 Currently, I have a USB drive formatted in NTFS, because, I want it to be= =20 accessible by friend's XP machine in case of emergencies. and I would=20 convert it to ReiserFS once your code is stable enough. having a read only mode is fine with me; write mode would be a nice option,= =20 but it's not important in my case. My impression is Hans doesn't like the Idea, but a stripped down version of= =20 ReiserFS driver for windows could be a good thing, and encourages more=20 people to use ReiserFS. -Bedros On 5/12/05, Mark Piper wrote: >=20 > This summer, I will be starting a 3.5-month project to create an > Installable File System Driver (IFSD) to read ReiserFS under Microsoft > Windows, similar to ext2fsd. (The project is a practicum to complete > my degree in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon.) >=20 > I have three questions: >=20 > * Is anyone out there interested in using the tool as it is developed? >=20 > * Is anyone out there interested in mentoring the development of the > tool? (This basically consists of answering specific technical > questions when they arise.) >=20 > * Other than compliance to the GPL, are there any other liscensing > factors I should be aware of? >=20 > For anyone interested, my initial plan is to port the read-only ReiserFS > 3 code from the GRUB bootloader, and turn it into an IFSD using the same > techniques as in ext2fsd -- although I'd love to hear other ideas, and > opinions of whether the project might be feasible with ReiserFS 4. >=20 > Thanks, > Mark Piper >=20 > ------=_Part_524_27568198.1115918126375 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I'll be interested in testing your code. I have an old 20GB HD which I can = play with.

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.

having a read only mode is fine with me; write mode would be a nice option,= but it's not important in my case.

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.


-Bedros


On 5/12/05, Mark Piper <mwp@cs.cmu.edu= > wrote:
This summer, I will be starting a 3.5-month project to create an
Install= able File System Driver (IFSD) to read ReiserFS under Microsoft
Windows,= similar to ext2fsd.   (The project is a practicum to completemy degree in software engineering from  Carnegie Mellon.)

I have three questions:

* Is anyone out there interested in = using the tool as it is developed?

* Is anyone out there interested = in mentoring the development of the
tool?  (This basically con= sists of answering specific technical
questions when they arise.)

* Other than compliance to the GPL, = are there any other liscensing
factors I should be aware of?

For = anyone interested, my initial plan is to port the read-only ReiserFS
3 code from the GRUB bootloader, and turn it into an IFSD using the sametechniques as in ext2fsd -- although I'd love to hear other ideas, and
= opinions of whether the project might be feasible with ReiserFS 4.

  Thanks,
     Mark Piper


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