[syslinux] Syslinux 4.06-pre12

[Paulo Alcantara]

Hi Matt,

From: Matt Fleming <matt at console-pimps.org>
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:12:23 +0100

> I'm afraid I know nothing about NTFS or its uses. I've Cc'd Peter in
> case he has an opinion.

This issue can be reproduced easily, IMO. Basically what we'd need is to create
a NTFS partition, copy big files to it and then small files until getting its
$MFT fragmented.

I'd probably need to read some documentation or something to find out how to
check for this specific case and then providing a fix to it.

> I was aiming to get the final release out by the end of this week.

Hrm - I'll do my best on trying to get some time to fix it before the end of
this week then.

> One thing that's worth mentioning is that now I have access to the
> release infrastructure the time between releases should be much shorter.
> So, if we do have to punt on this fix for 4.06 I'm sure it will make it
> into another release fairly quickly.

Good to know, indeed. Since it could be shorter between the releases, I think
that won't be a problem at all.

> Really the question is whether anyone is available to make the changes
> needed to support a fragmented MFT and how much work that would be.

Please, if someone is willing to help me with or fix this issue, please contact me by
email or IRC - I'll be available to answer any questions or help in something.

		Paulo