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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:27:07 +0200 (CEST)
From: Federico Bianchi <bianchi AT pc-arte2 DOT arte DOT unipi DOT it>
To: Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Re: Possibilities for ext2fs
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Chris Telting wrote:

> I was just wondering if anyone has considered extending the mount
> system such that you could access ext2 partitions under nt.  The
> file access would no doubt be slow but it might be usful.
> 
> Is the mount system adaptable to this or would it require a redesign?

I don't think the mount system is the clue. Fact is, I know of no free IFS
toolkit for Windows NT, and it is my understanding (from some hints in the
NT 5.0b3, a.k.a. Win2k, DDK documentation) that there are some non-trivial
changes from release 4.0 to release 5.0, making it a pretty difficult (if
_VERY_ interesting) option. I hope I'll be shown wrong, of course...

Best regards to you all

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