NTFS, however, is supported through http://www.tuxera.com
ntfs-3g and is available for linux, mac and made for *nix. there are DOS NTFS
tools:
NTFS for Windows 9x & ME - read & write NTFS
Avira NTFS4DOS Personal
NTFS-3G + Ntfsprogs | Tuxera
NTFS-3G + Ntfsprogs | Tuxera
NTFS-3G is a stable, full-featured, read-write NTFS driver for Linux, Android,
Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, QNX, Haiku, and other operating
systems.
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>________________________________
> From: Thomas Mueller <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 3:28 AM
>Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] [Freedos-user] Load file sys driver in
>dconfig.sys?
>
>
>from Rugxulo:
>
>> I don't know if drive letter assignment is configurable. I'd doubt it.
>> You might?? be able to adjust some things with certain (third-party?)
>> tools, but I'm not sure offhand if that's a reasonable expectation.
>
>> > What is available for reading NTFS used in WXP, W7?
>
>> I think you're barking up the wrong tree. But also I'm not experienced
>> enough in trying all the various file systems and drivers and OSes. So
>> maybe I am the wrong person to be replying here. I don't want to
>> discourage you, just make sure you're asking the right questions.
>
>> I just think it's not well-supported, if at all, to read foreign file
>> systems under DOS. There isn't a lot of active work in that area. I
>> think it's not a priority. In other words, it's probably more
>> reasonable (or at least more commonly accepted) to use a proper OS
>> with proper first-party support for that file system, even if only to
>> transfer the relevant data to a more suitable disk (or file system)
>> for whatever OS you're trying to run (e.g. FAT32 for FreeDOS).
>
>> Even Linux only "mostly" supports NTFS (r/w) except for compression
>> and encryption, last I heard. FreeBSD might have support for HPFS too,
>> but it may be readonly.
>
>> In other words, it's not a good first choice to try to use FreeDOS to
>> read all these other systems. I have no idea if eComStation supports
>> FAT32 nowadays (probably), but if you want to use HPFS (full time, not
>> just once or twice, read + write), that OS would be my first choice.
>> And of course if you don't want to use the obvious modern Windows for
>> NTFS (5.x or whatever), you're stuck with Linux or FreeBSD or similar.
>> I'm not sure other tools are as trustworthy. Make sure you have
>> backups before doing anything heavy-duty!
>
>> If you can bootup a suitable foreign OS and migrate the data to FAT32,
>> "most" OSes (even latest eCS, presumably) can access it (read +
>> write), and you can boot up FreeDOS and access it (full-time) with no
>> problems. That is presumably the "preferred" solution here. Maybe not
>> what you want to hear, but we can't have everything. :-/
>
>I don't think FreeBSD, or any other BSD, ever had HPFS support, and I just
>looked again for FreeBSD, not even read-only.
>
>If I had anything on HPFS, I suppose I'd use Linux to copy anything I wanted
>to save.
>
>OS/2 was just getting an experimental third-party driver for FAT32 back in
>2001; I never got to use it.
>
>FAT32 is now good as a lingua franca file system for exchanging data between
>various OSes but is very limited on ability to use large partitions: not
>nearly as good as NTFS or Linux or BSD file systems. Now EXFAT has been
>developed to remedy FAT32's inadequacy for large partitions.
>
>Not having a file system better than FAT32 is a big limiting factor for
>FreeDOS and ReactOS, at least for doing big things, perhaps even rebuilding
>the OS from source.
>
>Tom
>
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