About ext2 driver installer

[King InuYasha]

I looked at the ReactOS website and noticed that you guys are having
problems getting an installer written for an ext2 driver for Windows XP? I
would be happy to write an NSIS-based installer for the ext2 driver, if
either someone could compile the driver for me, or tell me where the driver
is in the ReactOS tree so I can build it myself and create an installer for
it. I have written NSIS installers before, some that have advanced
functionalities using Component Manager and ExperienceUI. Please let me know
if you guys would like me to make this installer....

[Christoph von Wittich]

Don't use NSIS or other similar tools - the only working installer is 
MSI (WiX). NSIS has some issues with Vista and can't be installed trough 
Software distribution on Windows Domains.

Christoph von Wittich

King InuYasha schrieb:
> I looked at the ReactOS website and noticed that you guys are having 
> problems getting an installer written for an ext2 driver for Windows 
> XP? I would be happy to write an NSIS-based installer for the ext2 
> driver, if either someone could compile the driver for me, or tell me 
> where the driver is in the ReactOS tree so I can build it myself and 
> create an installer for it. I have written NSIS installers before, 
> some that have advanced functionalities using Component Manager and 
> ExperienceUI. Please let me know if you guys would like me to make 
> this installer....
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
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> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[gedmurphy]

Why do we need an installer for this driver, it should be installed with all
the other drivers in setup.
Or are you talking about 3rd party usage?

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
Behalf Of Christoph von Wittich
Sent: 01 April 2008 08:41
To: ReactOS Development List
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] About ext2 driver installer

Don't use NSIS or other similar tools - the only working installer is 
MSI (WiX). NSIS has some issues with Vista and can't be installed trough 
Software distribution on Windows Domains.

Christoph von Wittich

King InuYasha schrieb:
> I looked at the ReactOS website and noticed that you guys are having 
> problems getting an installer written for an ext2 driver for Windows 
> XP? I would be happy to write an NSIS-based installer for the ext2 
> driver, if either someone could compile the driver for me, or tell me 
> where the driver is in the ReactOS tree so I can build it myself and 
> create an installer for it. I have written NSIS installers before, 
> some that have advanced functionalities using Component Manager and 
> ExperienceUI. Please let me know if you guys would like me to make 
> this installer....
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

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[Daniel Reimer]

gedmurphy schrieb:
> Why do we need an installer for this driver, it should be installed with all
> the other drivers in setup.
> Or are you talking about 3rd party usage?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> Behalf Of Christoph von Wittich
> Sent: 01 April 2008 08:41
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] About ext2 driver installer
>
> Don't use NSIS or other similar tools - the only working installer is 
> MSI (WiX). NSIS has some issues with Vista and can't be installed trough 
> Software distribution on Windows Domains.
>
> Christoph von Wittich
>
> King InuYasha schrieb:
> > I looked at the ReactOS website and noticed that you guys are having 
> > problems getting an installer written for an ext2 driver for Windows 
> > XP? I would be happy to write an NSIS-based installer for the ext2 
> > driver, if either someone could compile the driver for me, or tell me 
> > where the driver is in the ReactOS tree so I can build it myself and 
> > create an installer for it. I have written NSIS installers before, 
> > some that have advanced functionalities using Component Manager and 
> > ExperienceUI. Please let me know if you guys would like me to make 
> > this installer....
> >
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
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Its meant for testing purposes on XP and newer Windows OSes. We need to 
try if it works correctly and some not so low level skilled cant install 
it manually.

[gedmurphy]

If it's just for testing, just copy the driver and add the service keys.
Or grab a copy of OSR's Driver Loader and use that to register it.

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
Behalf Of Daniel Reimer
Sent: 01 April 2008 11:03
To: ReactOS Development List
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] About ext2 driver installer

Its meant for testing purposes on XP and newer Windows OSes. We need to 
try if it works correctly and some not so low level skilled cant install 
it manually.

[Aleksey Bragin]

3rd party usage is also good, I'd appreciate if a decent installer  
could be made for it.

WBR,
Aleksey Bragin.

On Apr 1, 2008, at 4:21 PM, gedmurphy wrote:
> If it's just for testing, just copy the driver and add the service  
> keys.
> Or grab a copy of OSR's Driver Loader and use that to register it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:ros-dev- 
> [e-mail]] On
> Behalf Of Daniel Reimer
> Sent: 01 April 2008 11:03
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] About ext2 driver installer
>
> Its meant for testing purposes on XP and newer Windows OSes. We  
> need to
> try if it works correctly and some not so low level skilled cant  
> install
> it manually.

[Heis Spiter]

Hi,
IMO it's a bad idea to create an ext2 driver installer, and to distribute it for some reasons. First, there are some other ext2 drivers that are more efficient than our one (like ext2fsd - http://www.ext2fsd.com - or ext2 IFS - http://www.fs-driver.org -). Then, our driver has been tested but a while ago, and many informations about the context and the results are missing. Finally, for now driver is breaking when starting in ROS and if ROS and Windows are really near, it will be the same under Windows. And breaking without any connected debugger, leads to bugcheck and the system becomes unusable.
And keep in mind that IFS are not a game: they can damage system AND data.

P. Schweitzer

[Maarten Bosma]

Our ext2 driver works under windows (or at least used to). It comes from
such a 3rd party project.

Maarten

2008/4/4 Heis Spiter [e-mail]:
> Hi,
> IMO it's a bad idea to create an ext2 driver installer, and to distribute
> it for some reasons. First, there are some other ext2 drivers that are more
> efficient than our one (like ext2fsd - http://www.ext2fsd.com - or ext2
> IFS - http://www.fs-driver.org -). Then, our driver has been tested but a
> while ago, and many informations about the context and the results are
> missing. Finally, for now driver is breaking when starting in ROS and if ROS
> and Windows are really near, it will be the same under Windows. And
> breaking without any connected debugger, leads to bugcheck and the system
> becomes unusable.
> And keep in mind that IFS are not a game: they can damage system AND data.
>
> P. Schweitzer
>
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