Re: Linux syscalls
From: Herbert Kleebauer (klee_at_unibwm.de)
Date: 06/09/04
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 13:28:19 +0200
Beth wrote:
> "System Volume Information" (normally a hidden file) is all to
> do with filesystem management...nothing to do with the booting
Just installed XP on a new PC. After installing the OS and the
drivers and the Windows update, the "System Volume Information"
was more than 1.5 GByte big. Seems XP saves all file system
modifications in this directory for a later undo. Wasn't
courageous enough to delete the directory on the system
partition yet but did so on a data partition. One file was in use,
so I booted win98 (it is always a good idea to install DOS6
and a (minimal) Win98 version before installing XP) to delete
the complete directory.
> process but just the "container file" for, well, "system volume
> information" as it suggests...and, interestingly - at least
> under XP - not even the most privileged "root" superuser (well,
> not necessarily actually called "root" under Windows but the
> equivalent ;) is able to look into the "system volume
> information"...
But only if you use NTFS. I don't like it, when WINDOWS tells
me, that I'm not allowed to inspect my own disk drive, therefore
I prefer FAT32.
> my neck out in trying to recall that it's Win98 ;), you could
> open up "MSDOS.SYS" in Notepad and it's just a plain text file
> with some stupid message about "this file needs to be at least
> xxxx bytes in size for compatibility reasons"...nothing else
> useful in it, though...a 100% "dummy" file
Not 100% dummy:
[Paths]
WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=C
[Options]
BootMulti=1
BootGUI=1
BootMenu=1
DoubleBuffer=1
AutoScan=1
WinVer=4.10.2222
;
;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs.
;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa
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