Reading NTFS

[dumb_terminal]

I know it sounds stupid guys, but is enumerating files and directories from a NTFS drive is same as FAT ? I am trying to place a mini terminal from usb while booting up, which needs to support a DIR command. Thanx in advance.

[BogdanOntanu]

No it is NOT the same as FAT. In fact it is very much different.

[dumb_terminal]

No it is NOT the same as FAT. In fact it is very much different.

Thanx for ur quick reply Sir. Any hints or links or kind enough to give a code sample Sir ??

[BogdanOntanu]

Thanx for ur quick reply Sir. Any hints or links or kind enough to give a code sample Sir ??

Not really,    www.ntfs.com

[dumb_terminal]

Thanx for ur quick reply Sir. Any hints or links or kind enough to give a code sample Sir ??

Not really,    www.ntfs.com

Ummm... thanx i'll try.

[redskull]

A full, working implementation of an NTSF file system is vastly more complicated than FAT.  It's a closed, proprietary system, so even if you wanted to, you would have figure it all out from scratch.  Also, since it supports permissions, you would have to find a way to authenticate users and only allow access to the appropriate files for each user (Unless, of course, you were trying to something unscrupulous...  :naughty: )

Your best bet is to just get Linux LiveCD or USB key, for which rudemntary ntfs drivers already exist, and do it from there.

-r