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1 | Please keep in alphabetical order so utilities are easier to find. |
2 | |
3 | Thanks, |
4 | Anton |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | ********** |
8 | * mkntfs * |
9 | ********** |
10 | |
11 | - Correct support for creating volumes with larger sector sizes (mft record |
12 | size, cluster size, and index block size must be >= sector size), so for 1k, |
13 | 2k, and 4k sectors, we need to set the default mft record, cluster, and index |
14 | block size to be at least the sector size. |
15 | - Correct the odd last partition sector not being accessible under 2.4 kernels |
16 | by setting the device block size to the sector size (default is 1k on 2.4 |
17 | kernels and they can't cope with partial sectors). |
18 | - Got a report that creating a floppy with mkntfs failed. Difference between |
19 | this floppy and the floppy created by the special tool found on the net was |
20 | said to be that the bitmap is 256kib on the special floppy while mkntfs will |
21 | make it much smaller. Need to verify this and experiment with the bitmap |
22 | size to make it work. Note, reporter was using win2k. |
23 | |
24 | |
25 | ************* |
26 | * ntfsclone * |
27 | ************* |
28 | |
29 | - get rid of the unneeded lseek()'s during reads/writes (probably it |
30 | doesn't improve performance much, or any at all) |
31 | - catch if source and dest are the same |
32 | - disable consistency check for --metadata (e.g. if the check is crashing) |
33 | - option: --inode |
34 | - option: --data |
35 | - metadata cloning: skip more non-needed inodes |
36 | - manual: document LFS issues (smbfs' lfs option, nfs) |
37 | - manual: mention optimized seeks |
38 | - manual: optimal backup if disks have bad sectors |
39 | - manual: ntfsclone guarantees the restored image works only |
40 | if one restores to the exactly same partition. For example, |
41 | one can not copy system partition to a different partition: |
42 | minimum "hidden sectors" field and BOOT.INI need modifications. |
43 | We could do these adjustments optionally. |
44 | - check if kernel block size = GCD(page size, device size) makes |
45 | effect on performance (Al Viro says no) |
46 | - check whether the O_WRONLY -> O_RDWR change made effect on performance |
47 | |
48 | |
49 | *********** |
50 | * ntfscmp * |
51 | *********** |
52 | |
53 | - compare mft record headers |
54 | - exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, other if trouble |
55 | - optionally ignore less interesting fields (e.g. attribute instance) |
56 | - new option: --metadata mode |
57 | - unnamed resident attributes with same type are ignored |
58 | - code cleanup, remove many cross-util duplicates |
59 | - handle deleted records |
60 | - performance: special handling for sparse files |
61 | |
62 | |
63 | ********** |
64 | * ntfscp * |
65 | ********** |
66 | |
67 | - add ability to copy multiple files at once. |
68 | |
69 | |
70 | *********** |
71 | * ntfsfix * |
72 | *********** |
73 | |
74 | - Cleanup to use ntfs_attr_* API for editing $MFTMirr, $Volume, and $LogFile. |
75 | This has the immediate benefit of enabling attribute list support and making |
76 | the code simpler. |
77 | - On ntfs 3.0+ volumes need to disable the usn journal if it is active. This |
78 | means deleting file $UsnJrnl from /$Extend directory. |
79 | - On ntfs 3.0+ volumes need to mark the quota out of date? - Probably, but |
80 | it shouldn't cause any corruption not doing so for the moment so this is |
81 | not a showstopper bug for the first release. (AIA) |
82 | |
83 | |
84 | ************* |
85 | * ntfslabel * |
86 | ************* |
87 | |
88 | - Support ioctls for kernel driver and ntfsmount for reading/changing the label. |
89 | |
90 | |
91 | ************* |
92 | * ntfsmount * |
93 | ************* |
94 | |
95 | |
96 | |
97 | ************** |
98 | * ntfsresize * |
99 | ************** |
100 | |
101 | High priority |
102 | - move ntfs consistency check to libntfs (for ntfsck, ntfsclone, etc) |
103 | - use different exit codes (e.g. corrupt volume detected, unsupported case, |
104 | bad sectors, etc) |
105 | |
106 | Medium priority |
107 | - cope with the rare, unsupported cases, see man ntfsresize 'KNOWN ISSUES' |
108 | - save $Bitmap if it was modified and an error occures (e.g. bad sector). |
109 | - handle signals (^C, etc) |
110 | |
111 | Low priority |
112 | - fully support disks with bad sectors (attrlist attr, unknown bad sectors) |
113 | - move volume start |
114 | |
115 | |
116 | **************** |
117 | * ntfsundelete * |
118 | **************** |
119 | |
120 | - undelete by name rather than inode number |
121 | - support for compressed files |
122 | - support for internationalisation |
123 | - recover by type? |
124 | - mass undelete (using wildcards) |
125 | - display parent directory |
126 | - name "<none>" to MFTn |
127 |