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- ║ 32 bits Windows NT NTFS file system driver for OS/2 WARP - Allows ║
- ║ OS/2 to access your Windows NT NTFS partitions as normal drive ║
- ║ letters. ║
- ║ Copyright (C) 1997 Daniel Steiner (daniel.steiner@cch.cerberus.ch) ║
- ║ ║
- ║ This program is free software ║
- ║ ║
- ║ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ║
- ║ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ║
- ║ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ║
- ║ ║
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-
- NTFS-OS2 VERSION 0.03 (32 BITS EDITION)
-
-
- WHAT IS NTFS-OS2 ?
- -------------------
-
- NTFS-OS2 is CURRENTLY ONLY A COLLECTION OF TOOLS to access a Windows NT file
- system (NTFS) in read-only mode.
-
- If there is enough interest for a ntfs-IFS I'll port the original Linux ntfs
- code from M. Loewis to OS/2 using mwdd32 device driver from M. Willm.
-
- nts-os2.ifs will be a file system driver that allows OS/2 to seamlessly access
- Windows NT ntfs partitions in both read and write (maybe) modes.
- Once installed, NTFS partitions would appear as standard OS/2 drive letters, one
- per NTFS partition.
-
-
- Make sure you understand that this is alpha software. This means that the
- implementation is neither complete nor well-tested. Still, it works for me
- and others, so you can try it out. You should know how to restore the system
- after a crash, and have a backup of any valuable data, just in case.
-
-
- INSTALLATION AND USAGE INSTRUCTIONS :
- ------------------------------------
-
- Installing ntfs tools:
-
- Simply unzip ntfs_003.zip in a directory.
-
- Usage:
-
- findntfs
- ntdir <driveletter>:\<path>
- ntcat <driveletter>:\<path>\<file>
- ntcp <driveletter>:\<path>\<file> file
-
-
-
- no relativ path are supported, eg. no '.' and no '..' as path
- no wildcards are supported
-
- ***********************************************
- ***** IMPORTANT WARNING - READ THIS FIRST *****
- ***********************************************
-
- ntfs-os2 is a FILE SYSTEM DRIVER. Being a driver it runs at the most
- privileged level of the OS/2 operating system, known as "kernel mode".
- IN KERNEL MODE THERE IS NO MORE CRASH PROTECTION. It means that if a bug
- occurs in the driver IT CAN CAUSE A HANG OR A SYSTEM HALT, AND THUS CAN
- CAUSE LOSS OF DATA.
-
- - I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU TO MAKE A BACKUP OF ALL YOUR DATA (EVEN IF THEY
- ARE NOT LOCATED ON A WINDOWS NT NTFS PARTITION) PRIOR TO USE THIS DRIVER.
-
- - DON'T USE THIS DRIVER ON A PRODUCTION MACHINE, OR IF YOU MANIPULATE
- CRITICAL DATA.
-
- - IF HUMAN LIFE DEPENDS ON YOUR SYSTEM, DON'T INSTALL THIS DRIVER ON IT.
-
- - USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISKS, AND ONLY ON A MACHINE YOU ACCEPT TO CRASH
- AND REINSTALL.
-
- - BE AWARE THAT THIS DRIVER WILL GIVE FULL UNRESTRICTED (ROOT) ACCESS TO
- ALL YOUR WINDOWS NT NTFS PARTITIONS FROM OS/2.
-
- Now experience tends to prove that ntfs-os2 is stable for normal use...
- but doing regular backups is never a bad practice.
-
-
- MAIN CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS RELEASE :
- -------------------------------------
-
- - updated to newest version of Linux NTFS
- - correction in some type cast
-
-
- INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE :
- --------------------------
-
- Currently the package includes only some tools to access a NTFS partition.
- If there's enough interest I'll port and include an ntfs IFS in the future
- too.
-
-
- FEATURES AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE 32 BITS VERSION OF NTFS-OS2 :
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- OS/2 Requirements :
- - OS/2 WARP V4 : supported.
- - OS/2 WARP V3 : fixpack 17 or higher is required. Bare OS/2
- WARP (no fixpack) should be OK but I did not
- test it.
- - OS/2 2.x : not supported.
- - OS/2 1.x : not supported.
-
-
- WHERE TO FIND NTFS-OS2 :
- ------------------------
-
- You can find the latest version of ntfs-os2 at the ntfs-os2 home page :
-
- http://npw.cgnet.de/dsteiner
-
- You can also find it at the usual ftp sites (or in their incoming directory) :
-
- ftp://ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/filesys/ntfs_003.zip
- ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/drivers/ifs/ntfs_003.zip
- ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/diskutil/ntfs_003.zip
-
-
- FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT :
- ----------------------
-
- Please feel free to contact me for any question on ntfs-os2. You are also
- encouraged to give me some feedback on how it works on your system and what
- new features you would like ... this helps me improve it ! Both success stories
- and disasters interest me.
-
-
- CREDITS :
- ---------
-
- Thanks to M. Loewis for his Linux ntfs driver.
- Thanks to M. Willm for his 32-Bit IFS kit.
- Thanks to O. Stein, IBM Deutschland IHV Support for sponsoring VisualAge C++ 3.0
-
- DONATIONS :
- -----------
-
- Even this software is free, donations are welcome.
-
-
-
- Daniel Steiner
-
- e-mail: daniel.steiner@cch.cerberus.ch
-
- mail:
- Daniel Steiner
- Meienbergstr. 81
- CH-8645 Jona
- (Switzerland)
-
-
-
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