Re: ext? as fat or ntfs?

And here is the Google summer of code project XFat:
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/hackers/2008-03/msg00270.html

On 7/20/09, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
> On 7/20/09, der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
>> Am 20. Jul, 2009 schwätzte Bryan O'Neal so:
>>
>>> Yes, but you would have to modify their project. I am going out on a
>>> limn
>>> here but I am guessing I am the only hard core windows admin on the
>>> list.
>>
>> Possibly. In the end I think we need to find some other people to do
>> this.
>> Maybe get the samba team interested by billing it as a live samba drive
>> or
>> something.
>>
>>> Lisa probably knows the internal security better then I and we may have
>>> a
>>> few programmers willing to work on it, but it is likely we can get
>>> "layered"
>>> fs driver without having admin access. You will have to use your own GUI
>>> to
>>> interact with the drive, not explorer, but it can be done.
>>
>> Cool to hear that it's probably possible without admin privs even if it's
>> a pain.
>>
>>> But, you have to ask what your target is. Will 70% or more of the users
>>> in
>>> question have access to admin level privileges? If so why not just
>>> include
>>> the real FS drivers on a FAT16 partition?
>>
>> I'm beginning to think we need to start off with something that requires
>> admin privs, but not a reboot.
>>
>> After that we can work on a solution that doesn't require admin privs.
>>
>> Thanks for the responses.
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
>
> That's already been done:
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4980952387.html
>
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