From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030493AbWBNILu (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:11:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030496AbWBNILu (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:11:50 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:33694 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030493AbWBNILt (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:11:49 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:11:34 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Luke-Jr cc: Joerg Schilling , davidsen@tmr.com, chris@gnome-de.org, nix@esperi.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, axboe@suse.de Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) In-Reply-To: <200602131727.26945.luke@dashjr.org> Message-ID: References: <787b0d920601241923k5cde2bfcs75b89360b8313b5b@mail.gmail.com> <43F088AB.nailKUSB18RM0@burner> <200602131727.26945.luke@dashjr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> >> Well, "any user" just opens his Windows Explorer and takes a look at the >> >> icon of his drive D:\\ to see whether it's a CD-ROM or DVD. It is >> >> interesting to see professional programmers often argue that a >> > >> >This is not true: a drive letter mapping does not need to exist on MS-WIN >> >in order to be able to access it via ASPI or SPTI. >> >> I have to support this view. Linux filesystems do not show up in Windows >> Explorer (because there's obviously an fs driver lacking), but there's >> always a way to damage your Linux from within Windows. > >Really? My Windows-using friend has all his Linux partitions fully visible and >usable in Windows Explorer... > Might depend! On DOS and Win98, there is no indication in either DOS or Explorer that there is a second harddisk (got an xfs on it) at all. Only partition entries with Win* type get a drive letter (which does not imply reading is also possible). Might be different on your Windows. Jan Engelhardt --