Good afternoon,OpenSolaris can mount a fat32 partition. So, if you had a dual boot of Windows (fat32) and openSolaris then you would be able to see the Windows partition from within openSolaris, but not the other way around.
I've read that some people have gotten ntfs3g working on openSolaris, this allows you to mount an ntfs partition, but I'm not sure how stable it is and you might be putting your data at risk.
HTH, Everett----- Original Message ----- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
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But I knew that Solaris is Unix, not Linux.Is OpenSolaris just a linux distribution with a similar name of the other Unix OS made by Sun?In that case, does OpenSolaris offers the same features of Solaris?(Because otherwise it might not be "the most advanced operating system" as they say about Solaris.)Anyway, does anyone know if Windows and OpenSolaris can see the same partition? (and what would be the type of that partition)Octavian----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech includedmost linux systems can't write to ntfs, last I heard. fat32 is writable, but you lose control over permissions.Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005----- Original Message ----- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 10:05 AM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech includedI already know that, but can OpenSolaris use NTFS or FAT32 partitions?If it can't, then I know that Windows can't see that partition, but I still don't know how I can recover the information from it if I want to remove Solaris.Octavian----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech includedyou will see the partition if: a, it's a partition that windows recognizes,and b, if it's a partition formatted with a filesystem that windows wil use. If it's ext3, windows will not notice the partition until you format it with fat32 or ntfs.Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005----- Original Message ----- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 4:54 AM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech includedThank you for the links.If I will install OpenSolaris to a certain partition which is now used by Windows, will that partition be visible to Windows? If not, how could I make it visible again if I will want to uninstall OpenSolaris in the future?If I will follow the installation tips I read in the page you told me about, the computer will prompt me if I want to boot from Windows or OpenSolaris?If it won't, how can I choose to boot Windows? Thanks. Octavian----- Original Message ----- From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett@xxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:06 PM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech includedGood morning,OpenSolaris 2008-11 is very accessible with Orca and has a reasonably easy to use accessible install. By default Orca uses espeak on OpenSolaris. In my opinion Orca is more responsive on OpenSolaris than on Ubuntu 8.04.See: Willy Walker's Weblog - He worked on the accessible install http://blogs.sun.com/wwalker/ Accessible Installation Instructions http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/status/accessibility/AccessibleLiveCd/ OpenSolaris Download Site http://genunix.org/ HTH, Everett----- Original Message ----- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 6:01 AM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech includedSorry, but I think you don't know what you are talking about.First, I didn't say that Jaws is a Microsoft program. I said only that the best accessibility is offered by Windows and Jaws and not by Orca and Linux, but not even the comparison between these 2 is important, but the fact that it is very hard to create another OS with another screen reader built in.Second, I know that Orca works with Linux, but Sun doesn't pretend that they've created the most advanced Linux OS, but that they've created Solaris, the most advanced OS. However, Solaris is not accessible for the blind, or it is accessible but only by using emacspeak, which has a very ugly interface and offers a poor accessibility anyway, and I haven't tested Solaris so I don't really know if it really supports emacspeak or it is just a future plan for Sun.By the way, have anyone tried Solaris? Octavian----- Original Message ----- From: "black ares" <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech includeddon't forget that jaws is not a microsoft software and, taking software only from the two grand companies, sun is better than microsoft.Because, with orca you can do more than with narator from windows.So Sun has right assuming it as the best company offering an advanced os with speak.----- Original Message ----- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 10:08 AM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech includedWindows is an operating system with speech included. Do you want to create abetter OS than Windows and a better screen reader than Narrator?I guess you want to create a better one, because otherwise... why bother?In order to do that, you should create a company, employ a few thousands ofgood programmers and after very many years you might do it.Sun Microsystems has tens of thousands of programmers and they pretend that they have created the most advanced operating system in the world, and they have also made one of the most used screen readers for Linux, but the accessibility offered by their solutions is much lower than the one offered by Windows and screen readers like Jaws, and Sun work on their OS for verymany years, so... it could be very hard to do what you want. Octavian----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Lomeli" <jose.lomeli93@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:05 AM Subject: Creating an Operating System with speech includedHello; Listers, I just thought. What do I have to do to create aoperating system with speech. I just thought about this. Can this bedone? Please write back. 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