FOR FAQ : Re: Hi, everybody. I m starting to write my first file system driver. How can i do?

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Hi,

> …I m starting to write my first file
> system driver. How can i do?
> Can anyone tell me or provide an example to me.
> Does anyone have suggestions to me ?
This is an often asked question.
How about putting this in the FAQ??

Regards,
Manoj

— Manoj Paul Joseph
wrote:
> Hi Bison,
>
> 1. Rajeev Nagar’s “NT File System Internals” is a
> good
> place to start. It is for NT 4.0, but still is IMO,
> the best place to start.
> ISBN 1-56592-249-2
> It is out of print, but you might be able to get
> a
> used copy on Amazon.com
>
> 2. Get Microsoft’s IFS kit ($1000) (if you can
> afford
> it :wink:
> If you can’t afford it, you could try Bo
> Brantén’s
> Ntifs.h http://www.acc.umu.se/~bosse/
> (I don’t know how upto date it is.)
>
> 3. Get a MSDN Subscription (if you can afford it :wink:
> [or] just order your copy of the DDK and download
> WinDebug.
>
> 4. Get a couple of computers, connect them using a
> null-modem cable.
> Install the checked version of Windows on one and
> the regular version on the other.
> (If you do not have the checked build, go with
> the
> regular build. :wink:
> If you do not have two computers, you could try
> SoftIce. :wink:
>
> 5. The XP DDK comes with its own compiler and
> linker.
> If you are using another DDK, get a Windows C/C++
> compiler.
> I would suggest MS Visual Studio.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Regards,
> Manoj
>
> — Bison Liu wrote: > Hi,
> everybody. I m starting to write my first file
> > system driver. How can i do?
> > Can anyone tell me or provide an example to me.
> > Does anyone have suggestions to me ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Bison.

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MSDN Universal is not necessary for this, the smaller versions are by far
enough.

Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
xxxxx@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

----- Original Message -----
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Subject: [ntfsd] Re: Hi, everybody. I m starting to write my first file system
driver. How can i do?

> Start with about $1000 to pay Microsoft for the IFS Kit. Buy two computers
> with 1394 running Windows XP Pro. Connect the two computers and make sure
> Windbg works properly. I would also add a MSDN Universal subscription for
> about $3000.
>
> “Bison Liu” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> > Hi, everybody. I m starting to write my first file system driver. How can
> i do?
> > Can anyone tell me or provide an example to me.
> > Does anyone have suggestions to me ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Bison.
> >
>
>
>
> —
> You are currently subscribed to ntfsd as: xxxxx@storagecraft.com
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True, you don’t need any of the MSDN packages but you get incidents from MS
with MSDN and some of the items in it, including Office and the servers are
useful in testing file systems and filters. If your filter or filesystem
works with all the Office programs and Notepad, you have a really good
driver with very few bugs left to find - if any.

“Maxim S. Shatskih” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
>
> MSDN Universal is not necessary for this, the smaller versions are by
far
> enough.
>
> Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> StorageCraft Corporation
> xxxxx@storagecraft.com
> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “David J. Craig”
> Newsgroups: ntfsd
> To: “Windows File Systems Devs Interest List”
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:09 AM
> Subject: [ntfsd] Re: Hi, everybody. I m starting to write my first file
system
> driver. How can i do?
>
>
> > Start with about $1000 to pay Microsoft for the IFS Kit. Buy two
computers
> > with 1394 running Windows XP Pro. Connect the two computers and make
sure
> > Windbg works properly. I would also add a MSDN Universal subscription
for
> > about $3000.
> >
> > “Bison Liu” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> > > Hi, everybody. I m starting to write my first file system driver. How
can
> > i do?
> > > Can anyone tell me or provide an example to me.
> > > Does anyone have suggestions to me ?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Bison.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > —
> > You are currently subscribed to ntfsd as: xxxxx@storagecraft.com
> > To unsubscribe send a blank email to xxxxx@lists.osr.com
>
>
>