Has anyone made a NTFS Bootsector?

[LindusSystem]

Has any made a NTFS bootsector?

[Nessphoro]

I believe Microsoft did.

[AlfaOmega08]

Yes... Microsoft did. I once disassembled the first track of a virtual machine with Windows 7 on it. I won't suggest you to use NTFS... There is little to none documentation available and mostly is incomplete... your best.guess.would be.the.ntfs3g project or the Linux kernel. However I found more valuable iinfo in the msft bootsector. Good luck...

[Yoda]

I did!
Follow the link in my signature.

[evoex]

I did!
Follow the link in my signature.

Good job! (I haven't read it, but if it works)

I was going to ask how standard-compliant it was. Then I realized it was Microsoft, so there are no standards.

[LindusSystem]

Yoda, are there any restrictions placed on your OS Boot Tools, Can I use them to study?
I want to look at the source!!

[Yoda]

(I haven't read it, but if it works)

Yes, it works, cause it's a part of project, not only a pile of code.

I was going to ask how standard-compliant it was. Then I realized it was Microsoft, so there are no standards.

Since the NTFS is the most complicated FS I ever encountered and the worst documented, I suppose that there are still potential pitfalls. I know about some of them but they require special test cases that are not very simple to model.

Yoda, are there any restrictions placed on your OS Boot Tools

There are two restrictions specific for NTFS at the moment: boot code doesn't support loading of sparse files and compressed files.

Can I use them to study? I want to look at the source!!

Unfortunately my project at this moment is closed-source. And looking at the assembler code helps very little (or doesn't help at all). But there are many resources in the web which may help you to understand the work of NTFS. You may try to inspect for example the following NTFS boot code: http://code.google.com/p/grubutils/sour ... sbs.S?r=63

[LindusSystem]

Thanks, but it is complex, but you are great as you have done, I am still struggling to boot my bootloader from a NTFS since 3 days.