From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-28 07:23:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!lon1-news.nildram.net!peernews!peer.cwci.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news11-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3C7CC36F.FF6848C8@disca.upv.es> <3C7E3C70.665A2687@despammed.com> Subject: Re: Ada Operating System X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:24:12 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.141.57 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news11-gui.server.ntli.net 1014909778 62.252.141.57 (Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:22:58 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:22:58 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20572 Date: 2002-02-28T15:24:12+00:00 List-Id: "Wes Groleau" wrote in message news:3C7E3C70.665A2687@despammed.com... > > > Is there a description somewhere of Windows' NTFS disk layout? It would > > be wonderful to be able to write an Ada program that would be able to > > read/write an NTFS partition without hindrance from Windows. > > One could use that to generate a lot of hindrance TO Windows! :-) Joking aside... you could violate NTFS integrity and its security model, so it's probably not a good idea especially if the program was boot from a floppy. You could delete system files, change some attributes, etc. Not good. OTOH it'd be nice to implement for another OS, like the Linux NTFS guys are doing. I'm seriously considering making NTFS the native FS of the OS I'm developing (the microkernel is being designed now, it's called Nu. The complete system as yet has no name), if sufficient information exists. Since win2k was installed I sometimes wonder how I ever did without NTFS (performance has been about the same as FAT32 on this machine if not slightly better). Chris