Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com did say:
> Because Altaparmakov is being extremely cautious, write
mode is subject
> to some stringent limitations while broader functionality
is being
> tested for safety: At the moment, the new driver's write
support is
> willing to alter-in-place existing files on NTFS, but will
balk at
> changing a file's length, or adding or deleting existing
files. Those
> limitations may make write mode effectively useless for
(say) dual-boot
> file-sharing, but at least it's good enough for recovering
lost
> Administrator passwords -- and _definitely_ is well-tested
and safe.
Good enough to recover Admin passwords, a read operation as
opposed
to a write one AFAIK.... provided you process them in
memory.
Seriously, if it can't write new files to the partition,
can't delete old files from
the partition, and can only alter existing files provided it
doesnt change
the length of the file (kinda like changing the contents of
an RPM without altering
the MD5, technically possible, but practically and usefully
impossible), then how
exactly is it considered that this driver has write support?
Or am I reading your
paragraph wrong?
TIA o wise one...
James.
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