project/captive/Index.pm

   1 # $Id$
   2 # Main page of 'My::Project::captive'
   3 # Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Jan Kratochvil <project-www.jankratochvil.net@jankratochvil.net>
   4 #
   5 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   6 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   7 # the Free Software Foundation; exactly version 2 of June 1991 is required
   8 #
   9 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  10 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  12 # GNU General Public License for more details.
  13 #
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  15 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  16 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  17
  18
  19 package project::captive::Index;
  20 require 5.6.0;  # at least 'use warnings;' but we need some 5.6.0+ modules anyway
  21 our $VERSION=do { my @r=(q$Revision$=~/\d+/g); sprintf "%d.".("%03d"x$#r),@r; };
  22 our $CVS_ID=q$Id$;
  23 use strict;
  24 use warnings;
  25
  26 use My::Web;
  27 Wuse 'project::Lib';
  28
  29
  30 our @ListItem=(
  31                 "name"=>"Captive",
  32                 "platform"=>"unixuser",
  33                 "priority"=>666,
  34                 "summary"=>"The first free NTFS read/write filesystem for GNU/Linux",
  35                 "license"=>"GPL",
  36                 "maintenance"=>"active",
  37                 "language"=>"i386 asm, C, Perl",
  38                 "icon"=>"captive-install-acquire-icon.png",
  39                 "cvs-of main tree"=>"captive",
  40                 "cvs-of branched ReactOS subdir"=>"reactos:captive",
  41                 "description"=>sub { return <<"HERE"; },
  42 <p>Project implements the first full read/write free access to NTFS disk drives.
  43 You can mount your Microsoft Windows NT, 200x or XP partition as
  44 a transparently accessible volume for your GNU/Linux.</p>
  45 <p>This compatibility was achieved in
  46 the @{[ a_href 'http://www.winehq.com/','Wine' ]} way by using the original
  47 Microsoft Windows <i>ntfs.sys</i> driver. It emulates the required subsystems of
  48 the Microsoft Windows kernel by reusing one of the original
  49 <i>ntoskrnl.exe</i>, @{[ a_href 'http://www.reactos.com/','ReactOS' ]} parts, or
  50 this project's own reimplementations, on a case by case basis.
  51 Project includes the first open source MS-Windows kernel API for Free operating systems.
  52 Involvement of the original driver files was chosen to achieve the best
  53 and unprecedented filesystem compatibility and safety.</p>
  54 <p>As opposed to other projects this is currently the only software supporting the full
  55 read/write access including the possibility to create/delete files, modify directories
  56 etc.</p>
  57 HERE
  58                 );
  59
  60 sub handler
  61 {
  62 my $W=project::Lib->init(
  63                 "no_project_data"=>1,
  64                 "css_push"=>"./Index.css",
  65                 "project_text_after_title"=>sub { return ""
  66                                 .'<table border="0" class="navigate"><tr>'
  67                                         .'<td>&bull;&nbsp;'.a_href('#download','Download').'</td>'
  68                                         .'<td>&bull;&nbsp;'.a_href('#news','NEWS').'</td>'
  69                                         .'<td>&bull;&nbsp;'.a_href('#testimonials','Testimonials').'</td>'
  70                                         .'<td>&bull;&nbsp;'.a_href('#press','Internet Press').'</td>'
  71                                         .'<td>&bull;&nbsp;'.a_href('#notes','Installation Notes').'</td>'
  72                                         .'<td>&bull;&nbsp;'.a_href('#lists','Mailing Lists').'</td>'
  73                                         .'<td>&bull;&nbsp;'.a_href('#seealso','See Also').'</td>'
  74                                 .'</tr></table>'
  75                                 },
  76                 "project::Lib-init-hook"=>sub {
  77                         if (my $file=$W->{"args"}{"file"}) {
  78                                 My::Web::header("Refresh"=>"1;url=".path_web("./dist/$file","abs"=>1));
  79                                 }
  80                         },
  81                 );
  82
  83
  84 &{$_}() for reverse @{$W->{"footing_delimit_sub_push"}};
  85
  86 my $version="1.1.7";
  87 my $revision="0";
  88
  89 Wrequire 'project::captive::DriverSurvey';
  90 my $survey_want=1;
  91 $survey_want=0 if $W->{"args"}{"file"};
  92 $survey_want=0 if project::captive::DriverSurvey::cookie();
  93
  94 local *download=sub($)
  95 {
  96 my($name)=@_;
  97
  98         # Do not: ,"attr"=>'target="_blank"'
  99         # as it would require Framed XHTML.
 100         my $real="dist/$name";
 101         return a_href './DriverSurvey.pm?file='.$name,$name,"size"=>$real
 102                         if $survey_want;
 103         return a_href $real,$name,"size"=>1;
 104 };
 105
 106 print <<"HERE";
 107 <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
 108
 109 <h3>Choose the one preferred installation format:</h3>
 110
 111 <table border="1" frame="border" rules="rows" style="text-align: center;" class="download">
 112         <tr>
 113                 <td>
 114                         <p>RPM i386 binary<br />tested for distributions:</p>
 115                         <table border="0"><tr><td align="left"><ul>
 116                                 <li>Fedora&nbsp;Core&nbsp;4</li>
 117                         </ul></td></tr></table>
 118                 </td>
 119                 <td>@{[ download("captive-static-$version-$revision.i386.rpm") ]}</td>
 120         </tr>
 121         <tr>
 122                 <td>
 123                         <p>.tar.gz i386 binary<br />(for non-RPM distributions)</p>
 124                 </td>
 125                 <td>@{[ download("captive-static-$version.tar.gz") ]}</td>
 126         </tr>
 127         <tr>
 128                 <td>Source archives</td>
 129                 <td>@{[ a_href 'CVS.pm#source','download link' ]}</td>
 130         </tr>
 131 </table>
 132 HERE
 133
 134 if (!$survey_want) {
 135         print <<"HERE";
 136 <p>@{[ a_href 'DriverSurvey.pm','Linux Drivers Availability survey' ]} link
 137 - if you already answered before.</p>
 138 HERE
 139         }
 140
 141 print <<"HERE";
 142 @{[ vskip "3ex" ]}
 143
 144 <h2 id="news">NEWS</h2>
 145
 146 <dl>
 147         <dt>captive-1.1.7 (2006-01-26) [@{[ a_href $W->{"project_viewcvs"}.'captive/NEWS?rev=HEAD','archive' ]}]</dt>
 148         <dd>
 149                 <ul>
 150                         <li>Fixed sandbox restarting looking like disconnected mounts (FUSE client only)</li>
 151                         <li>Workarounded no FUSE/Linux-kernel charset support - fixes locale filenames</li>
 152                         <li>Fixed multiple issues of captive-install-acquire(1) to run at all again</li>
 153                         <li>Fixed general operations refusal on invalid errnos</li>
 154                         <li>Fixed invalid file timestamps (FUSE client only)</li>
 155                         <li>Workarounded FUSE/Linux-kernel user mounts (FUSE only)</li>
 156                         <li>Workarounded FUSE/Linux-kernel modprobe(8)ing (FUSE only)</li>
 157                         <li>(static .tar.gz build only) Debian now a bit more compatible</li>
 158                 </ul>
 159         </dd>
 160 </dl>
 161
 162 @{[ vskip "3ex" ]}
 163
 164 <h2 id="testimonials">Captive NTFS Testimonials</h2>
 165
 166 <ul>
 167         <li>Hospital of Castelo Branco - Bruno Santos
 168                 <p>we are preparing the machines to install another system that will allow
 169                 the digitalization of medical images - PACS (picture archive and
 170                 communication system).</p>
 171
 172                 <p>since the computers that are need are about 100 and we need to install
 173                 windows in all of them (even we have an almost automated instalation - but
 174                 requires some administrator interaction). So, we want to install
 175                 windows2000 without pressing a key.</p>
 176
 177                 <p>@{[ a_href 'TestimonialBrunoSantos.pm','<span style="font-style: italic;">[ more ]</span>' ]}</p>
 178         </li>
 179         <li>@{[ a_href 'http://www.amunra.co.uk/','Dave &quot;AmunRa&quot; Rigby' ]}
 180                 <p>Ok, I'm impressed (@{[ a_href 'http://www.amunra.co.uk/archives/000028.php','Captive Review' ]})</p>
 181                 <p>Linux software generally has a reputation for having some great, novell
 182                 ideas, but often lacking in the general 'spit and polish' - difficult to
 183                 install, unreliable, and so on. However the latest program I have tried out
 184                 - Captive, is a breath of fresh air - simple to install and set up, and It
 185                 Just WorksTM. And not only that, it's probably one of the most useful and
 186                 technically impressive projects I've seen in a long time ...</p>
 187                 <p><span style="font-style: italic;">[ snip ]</span></p>
 188         </li>
 189         <li>Derek J Witt
 190                 <p>I commend you for this project. I am currently using this on my XP NTFS
 191                 partitions and I am impressed that I can actually move, edit, and remove files
 192                 and directories with no apparent ill effects. This is very nice indeed.</p>
 193                 <p>I initially was skeptical because it uses wine and parts of ReactOS
 194                  (I have messed with this OS a few times), but you have proved me wrong. I have
 195                 noticed no lag on my system.  I do notice the initial mounting process does
 196                 take slightly longer than the Linux-NTFS project. But, once I'm past that, it's
 197                 quite transparent.</p>
 198                 <p><span style="font-style: italic;">[ technical question cut ]</span></p>
 199         </li>
 200         <li>James Van't Slot
 201                 <p>Just wanted to drop you a note and say &quot;Excellent work!&quot;</p>
 202                 <p>I just installed captive and it worked as advertized right out of the
 203                 rpm.  Thanks, I've been holding off recompiling my kernel until NTFS is
 204                 supported out of the box for Redhat.  Now I don't have to bother.</p>
 205                 <p>Thanks again and keep up the great work.</p>
 206         </li>
 207 </ul>
 208
 209 <h2 id="press">@{[ a_href 'Press.pm','Internet Press' ]}</h2>
 210
 211 @{[ vskip "3ex" ]}
 212
 213
 214 <h1 id="notes">Installation Notes</h1>
 215 <p>You should first run <b>captive-install-acquire</b> command to check your
 216 available Microsoft Windows drivers versions. Now you can execute:</p>
 217
 218 <blockquote>
 219         <p class="quote">
 220                 # mkdir /mnt/dosc<br />
 221                 # mount -t captive-ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/dosc
 222         </p>
 223 </blockquote>
 224
 225
 226 <h2>Overview</h2>
 227
 228 <p>Any errors from '<b>captive-fuse</b>' are written to '<b>/var/log/messages</b>'.</p>
 229 <p>Needed drivers (at least ntoskrnl.exe+ntfs.sys) must be in '<b>/var/lib/captive</b>'.</p>
 230 <p>'<b>captive</b>' package creates '<b>captive</b>' user and '<b>captive</b>' group on your system.</p>
 231
 232
 233 <h2>FUSE Kernel Driver Module</h2>
 234
 235 <p>@{[ a_href 'http://fuse.sourceforge.net/','FUSE' ]} (Filesystem in Userspace)
 236 needs Linux kernel module driver (<i>fuse.ko</i>) compatible with your
 237 running Linux kernel.</p>
 238
 239 <p>If you cannot <b>mount</b>(8) your NTFS filesystem you should check your
 240 Linux kernel is based on version at least 2.6.14 where
 241 @{[ a_href 'http://fuse.sourceforge.net/','FUSE' ]} got imported. You should
 242 also check the module is enabled or even built-in.</p>
 243
 244
 245 HERE
 246
 247
 248 print rightimg <<"HERE",'reactos.png','ReactOS',"a_href"=>'http://www.reactos.com/';
 249         <h2>The First Open Source MS-Windows Kernel API for Free OS</h2>
 250
 251         <p>Compatibility with the existing binary Microsoft Windows file system drivers has been
 252         reached. Microsoft Windows kernel system components required by these drivers
 253         were analyzed and successfully emulated in the GNU/Linux operating system.
 254         The project brings the Microsoft Windows kernel emulation framework to support even
 255         other types of Microsoft Windows drivers in the future.
 256         The <span class="productname">@{[ a_href 'http://www.reactos.com/','ReactOS' ]}</span>
 257         code base proved to be a big asset for this functionality.</p>
 258 HERE
 259
 260
 261 my @lists=qw(captive-announce-list captive-list captive-devel-list);
 262
 263 print <<"HERE";
 264
 265 <h2 id="lists">Mailing Lists</h2>
 266
 267 <form action="@{[ uri_escaped(path_web "/Mailman.pm") ]}" @{[ form_method "post" ]}>
 268         <table border="1" class="mailman" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">
 269                 <tr>@{[ map('<th>'.$_.'@jankratochvil.net</th>',@lists) ]}</tr>
 270                 <tr><td>New version announcements<br />
 271                         (low traffic, recommended)</td>
 272                                 <td>User support,<br />bug reports</td>
 273                                 <td>Development</td>
 274                                 </tr>
 275                 <tr>@{[ map({ "<td>".a_href($W->{"mailman_url"}."listinfo/$_",'Mailman Infopage')."</td>"; } @lists) ]}</tr>
 276                 <tr>@{[ map({ "<td>".a_href($W->{"pipermail_url"}."$_",'Archive')."</td>"; } @lists) ]}</tr>
 277                 <tr>@{[
 278                         map(('<td><input type="checkbox" name="list" value="'.$_.'"'
 279                                         .($_ ne "captive-announce-list" ? '' : ' checked="checked"')
 280                                         .' /> Subscribe?</td>'),@lists)
 281                         ]}</tr>
 282                 <tr><td colspan="3">
 283                         <table border="0" style="text-align: left;">
 284                                 <tr><td>Email address:            </td><td><input type="text"     name="email"   size="30" /></td></tr>
 285                                 <tr><td>Your new Mailman password:</td><td><input type="password" name="pw"      size="15" /></td></tr>
 286                                 <tr><td>Reenter your password:    </td><td><input type="password" name="pw-conf" size="15" /></td></tr>
 287                         </table>
 288                         <p>
 289                                 <input type="hidden" name="back" value="/project/captive/#lists" />
 290                                 <input type="submit" name="email-button" value="Subscribe me" />
 291                         </p>
 292                 </td></tr>
 293         </table>
 294 </form>
 295
 296
 297 @{[ vskip "3ex" ]}
 298
 299 <h1 id="seealso">See Also</h1>
 300 <ul>
 301         <li>@{[ a_href 'Preview.pm','Technology Preview' ]}</li>
 302         <li>@{[ a_href 'CVS.pm','Download Sources, CVS Repository' ]}</li>
 303         <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/','Developer Documentation' ]}; highlights:<ul>
 304                 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/About.pm#versions','Microsoft Windows Versions Compatibility' ]}</li>
 305                 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/Architecture.pm#law','Laws and Licensing Conditions' ]}</li>
 306                 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/Details.pm#sandbox','Sandboxing of W32 Filesystem' ]}</li>
 307                 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/TODO.pm#todo_fsck','TODO: Fsck of NTFS' ]}</li>
 308                 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/Related.pm#LinuxNTFScompet','Related Projects - Linux NTFS' ]}</li>
 309                 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/Related.pm#vmware','Related Projects - VMware Workstation' ]}</li>
 310                 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/LinuxNTFS.pm',"Re: 7.7 Can't we write a wrapper for Windows' driver?" ]}</li>
 311                 </ul></li>
 312         <li>@{[ a_href $W->{"project_viewcvs"}.'/*checkout*/captive/TODO?rev=HEAD','Known Bugs' ]}</li>
 313         <li>Man Pages<ul>
 314                 @{[
 315                         do {
 316                                 my @mans=(
 317                                                 'captive'=>[7,'Microsoft Windows NT kernel emulation for NTFS disk access'],
 318                                                 'mount.captive'=>[8,'mount(8) interface for NTFS disk access'],
 319                                                 'captive-cmdline'=>[1,'Command-line client for captive(7) NTFS disk access'],
 320 ###                                             'captive-sandbox-server'=>[1,'Security+safety wrapper for NTFS disk access'],
 321                                                 'captive-install-acquire'=>[1,'Find MS Windows XP driver files for NTFS'],
 322 ###                                             'captive-install-fstab'=>[1,'Manage captive-ntfs /etc/fstab entries'],
 323                                                 );
 324                                 my @r;
 325                                 while (@mans) {
 326                                         my $file=shift @mans;
 327                                         my($section,$name)=@{shift @mans};
 328                                         push @r,"<li>".a_href("man/$file.pod.html",$file)."($section) - $name</li>\n";
 329                                         }
 330                                 @r;
 331                                 }
 332                         ]}
 333                 </ul></li>
 334         <li>@{[ a_href 'Resources.pm','Related Pages' ]}</li>
 335         <li>@{[ a_href 'Thanks.pm','Thanks' ]}</li>
 336 </ul>
 337 HERE
 338
 339
 340 exit;
 341 }
 342 1;