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   On Wed, 2/11/2026 2:24 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:25:19 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 2/10/2026 7:20 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> This is unlike the Windows kernel, where assumptions specific to   
   >>> NTFS pervade every part of the system.   
   >>   
   >> IFS Installable File System (equivalent of FUSE).   
   >   
   > Windows can only boot from NTFS. It only supports mount points on   
   > NTFS. It makes assumptions about the kinds of filesystems permitted on   
   > removable versus non-removable media.   
   >   
   > None of these restrictions apply to Linux.   
   >   
      
   Microsoft claims a lot of things about NTFS. In a lot   
   of cases, when an article would come out saying "you can   
   only do this on top of an NTFS", someone (small developers)   
   would come along and prove the statement wrong.   
      
   I only tend to believe such proclamations, if the   
   article happens to include an architectural reason   
   for the claim. Sometimes the claim stands, because   
   nobody can be bothered to refute it.   
      
   Apple used to do stuff like this too. It would write   
   a TN claiming "X filesystem can have 4 billion files,   
   500TB partitions, and and...". Then, thee months later,   
   another TN would come out "it turns out that only   
   16TB partitions are supported". And that's because   
   enthusiasts in the community, would find ways to check   
   the limits in the actual implementation in front of them.   
   I don't know if Apple have learned any lessons from   
   this practice or not (of making proclamations that   
   aren't actually true).   
      
   We've had to do stuff like that at work. Answer a   
   series of questions about a product for an RFQ. The   
   entire team (HW+SW) blocks off two weeks of time to answer   
   the questions, and you work in teams checking design   
   details to make sure no "capabilities" are inflated.   
   As an incorrect answer later could lead to a lawsuit.   
      
      Paul   
      
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