Hi I am using the GNU version of ntfs-3g. I have compiled it and installed it on my X86 machine. I am using Open Suse 10.2. When i insert any pen drive/ usb disk it is automatically mounted by the ntfs insted of ntfs-3g. Is there any way to mount it directly by ntfs-3g.
Thanks and regards Sandeep On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 01:10 +0200, Szabolcs Szakacsits wrote: > Welcome, > > * Year 2008 Results > * Year 2009 Goals > * New Version Numbering > * Stable Release: UTF-8 Support, Fixes > * Acknowledgements > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Happy New Year 2009! > > By revisiting our plans for 2008, it seems we can happily state that we > could achieve significantly more than what we have originally aimed for. > Thank to all those who provided feedback, bug report, solution, testing, > development, packaging, documentation, news, sponsorship, operational or > other contribution. > > Some of the main results, without completeness. > > * Full core functionality implemented: full index operations, unlimited > file and directory creation and transparent UTF-8 support. Moreover > shared writable mmap and NFS support via the FUSE kernel module. > > * Lightweight, integrated FUSE: easier deployment, faster release cycles, > smaller footprint, less external dependencies. > > * New, modern build system. > > * Strong resistance to file system corruptions and hardware flaws. > > * POSIX file system test suite ported, extended and maintained. > > * Advanced NTFS-3G: full ownership, permissions, POSIX ACL, junction > points support, access to internal NTFS data, POSIX compliance. > http://pagesperso-orange.fr/b.andre/advanced-ntfs-3g.html > > * Significant performance improvements. > > * High-performance NTFS-3G driver for embedded devices. > > * Solaris and Windows port. > > * Much improved Mac OS X integration > http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ > > More than 200 Linux distributions use NTFS-3G, and probably even more ISVs > and consumer electronic device makers built it into one or more of their > products. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > What to expect from 2009? > > Better usability, more functionality, better availability (online > recovery), much better performance, modular architecture, smaller > memory footprint. Improved integration on Mac OS X, more mature > operation on the newer OSes. > > Probably other things too if __YOU__ tell us what you would like to > see to get improved or implemented. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > We have a new version numbering convention. The version formats will be > either > > year.month > > or > > year.month.patchlevel > > We hope this will not cause any major trouble. If so then please let us > know. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Potentially inaccessible files with national characters in the filename, > missing, disappeared files and directories were one of the major problems > for NTFS-3G users if the user's language and region identifiers weren't > setup properly. The workaround was complex, unfriendly, distribution > specific and didn't even help if multiply languages were used. > > Bernhard Kaindl has developed a solution which is included in this release > candidate. Jean-Pierre Andre improved on it. It's in testing since several > months with success and it doesn't require anymore the 'locale=' mount > option to be set. > > The 'locale=' mount option is ignored for filename characterset conversions > and always UTF-8 is used. > > In the past, unreadable filenames were ignored from a directory list. > Since this shouldn't happen anymore thus a directory read error is > reported in such cases. Unexpected NTFS-3G errors are always logged in > one of the /var/log/syslog, /var/log/messages, /var/log/messages.log, > or /var/log/daemon.log files. > > The operating system, of course, still has to have UTF-8 support to > properly display all national characters. The big difference is, from > now on no filenames must be hidden and inaccessible on NTFS. > > Having garbled filenames, filenames with question marks suggest a > displaying, not file system driver problem. The 'ls' command has > a -b (or --escape) option which prints the octal escapes for > undisplayable characters. > > This release implemented file creation timestamp support on OS X and > contains some additional fixes which are listed in detail at > > http://ntfs-3g.org/releases.html > > The source code of the latest stable driver is available at > > http://ntfs-3g.org/ > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Many thanks to: Jean-Pierre Andre, Bernhard Kaindl, Erik Larsson, > Miklos Szeredi, Dominique L Bouix, Csaba Henk, Alejandro Pulver, > Ralph Martin, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Matthew Zhang, Michael Clark, > Amit Singh, ... > > The NTFS-3G Team > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > ntfs-3g-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ntfs-3g-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ ntfs-3g-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ntfs-3g-devel
