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[01micko]

[pemasu]

Barry`s post how he did it.
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=01316

[01micko]

Ha, was just about to search that, downloading the uClibc filesystem now, but it's old! (2005). We'll see if it works, I'll grab the latest ntfs-3g sources. (edit, found an image from 2008, had to expand it to make room for the compile resize2fs root_fs_i386.ext2 150M then mount it, copy the ntfs-3g source, chroot, compile)

- Later...


ok, I got it compiled, the binary is 420k stripped, Barry's is 391k, so that's not too bad considering there would be natural bloat from bugfixes, extra features etc. I didn't test it as I don't have any compressed ntfs drives.

To test, unpack and add the binary to your PATH (suggest /root/my-applicatins/bin or /usr/local/bin) and move (or rename) the original (usually /bin/ntfs-3g) then try to mount an compressed ntfs partition

[L18L]

[rcrsn51]

[jamesbond]

[01micko]

[gcmartin]

Thanks for the newer module. Here what I did and found

On the NTFs partition, I have a folder where I've put boot directories for Slacko, Pemasu's Precise, Barry's Precise. and Carolina. GRUB4DOS was set up as a Boot Manager with entries to boot each distro.

Using Pemasu's Precise,

1. I downloaded 01Micko's NTFS fix
   
2. double-clicked each directory's "initrd.gz" file which opened to allow /bin/ntfs-3g file to be replaced with 01Micko's entry of ntfs-3g

Next,

• I booted each distro - no problem
  
• made FirstRUN changes in each distro - no problems
  
• Started a "reboot plus save-session" for each distro

Here what I found

• Carolina, no problem in reboot. Carolina found and used the save-session that was there
  
• Pemasu's Precise, no problem in reboot. Pemasu's Precise found and used the save-session that was there
  
• Barry's Precise ran into boot-time issues with Messages "uncompression error" and "System halted"
  
• Slacko, indicated I/O errors in shutdown processing. On reboot, it failed as soon as it touched the save-session file.

Here to help

[BarryK]

gcmartin,
Just to eliminate them, could you test these, make sure that they are correctly identifying your (compressed) ntfs partition...

For example, say it is /dev/sda1:

# guess_fstype /dev/sda1
# blkid /dev/sda1
# disktype /dev/sda1
# fdisk -l /dev/sda1

This is assuming that you are using the recent ntfs-3g that supports compressed ntfs.

[gcmartin]

[gcmartin]

Resolved
Pemasu's uPUP 54X7 with the NTFS fix works fine. No errs at Shutdown, as system acknowledges save-session. System, on reboot, starts; finding and using the save-session file as expected. At desktop, the customization from last session exist as expected.

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