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voidmain:
Neither MacOS or Linux use NTFS as a file system, and NTFS can't be used on floppy disks so it's less important. However, this is a frequently asked question and the answer is both Linux and Mac would support NTFS if the specifications of the file system were open. Only Microsoft knows how NTFS works and they won't share any information so what little support there is has come through reverse envineering.

Linux actually *does* have NTFS support. But you will likely destroy the NTFS partition if you write to it. Reading data works pretty well. You can compile read-only NTFS support into the Linux kernel if your distro doesn't have it turned on by default. So if you want it, call Microsoft and see if they will give you the blue-prints. If they do I will personally write the NTFS driver.

[ November 25, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

xyle_one:
"uh, hi, this is ecsyle one, yeah, i was wondering if you could send me the blueprints for the NTFS file system.. oh okay, great. hey, one more quick question, can i also get the source code for windows? greaaat.. thank you, you too."
i almost want to call and ask. i wonder what kind of response i would get......

billy_gates:
haven't people hacked into MS servers before and stolen the source code for Office?  Couldn't the same be done for NTFS?

Also, software has source code
what is the official name for partitions, since we can't just keep calling them blue prints, we will all get lost.

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