| Technical |
This is technical documentation, created to help the programmer. It doesn't cover how to use Microsoft or Veritas software. The overview explains the general layout of a dynamic disk and the technical section shows the on-disk format of the structures.
It was originally written to complement the Linux LDM driver.
The latest version is available online and it can be downloaded in html.
http://flatcap.org/ntfs/ldm/index.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-ntfs/files/
To make things easier to read, some links have been hidden. The aim is to cross-link everything to everything else. If you see a key word, you should be able to click on it.
If your browser supports access keys
you may be able to navigate more
swiftly. Access keys 1 - 3 activate the three toolbar buttons
(Try Alt-2
, for the Overview)
Additionally, you can use Alt-Comma
and Alt-Dot
to activate
Prevous
and Next
respectively. (Think of them as
Alt-<
and Alt->
)
N.B. Some browsers may not use Alt, but a different key.
Neither Microsoft nor Veritas have released any documentation for the on-disk structure of the LDM (Logical Disk Manager). These documents have been pieced together by reverse-engineering the database.
I'm confident that the information is correct.
I think I know where there are gaps in my knowledge.
I may be wrong. Beware.
If you have any questions, suggestions or corrections, please email me.
Thanks,
Richard Russon, rich@flatcap.org