Coda Support for Windows XP
The Coda project now supports Windows XP. As of September 15,
2005, there is a beta release of the Coda client for Windows XP.
There is also alpha release for Windows 2000 included in the binary
distribution for Windows XP.
Binary Distribution
The binary distribution of the Coda Client for Windows XP
consists of a single install binary. The executables are located in
the
Windows
distribution directory. The
beta 1
distribution is the most current distribution. (MD5 checksum is
found
here
.)
To run the Coda Client, you must also install a copy of the
Cygwin
environment. The Coda Client
distribution binary gives you more details and also contains a copy
of the Cygwin
setup
program. The Coda project maintains a mirror of Cygwin that
contains binaries of Cygwin that are know to work with the Coda
client and some core Coda binaries. The most recent release of
Cygwin is know to cause some minor problems for Coda. Following the
instructions in the Coda Client install program should get you a
correct copy of Cygwin installed on your machine.
Source Distribution
For the first time in the Windows NT client distribution history we
are now able to provide a source distribution for the kernel
module. This is due an agreement between
OSR
(Open Systems Resources, Inc) and CMU
in which OSR will provide a Coda specific version of their
FSDK
(File Systems
Development Kit for Windows NT family of operating systems) to
users of Coda at no cost. This is a major gift from OSR to the Coda
community. This Coda specific version of their FSDK must be used
ONLY WITH CODA. The rest of this document will cover the resources
and methods needed to rebuild the Windows NT family kernel modules.
Covered Operating Systems
The Coda kernel module for the Windows NT family currently has
support only for NT 5.0 (aka Windows 2000) and NT 5.1 (aka Windows
XP). OSRs FSDK currently has support for NT 4.0, but the Coda
kernel module uses Windows routines that were introduced in NT 5.0
and will not work on NT 4.0. (OSR will soon be dropping support for
NT 4.0.)
Source Code from CMU
The source code for the Coda kernel module is found at
ftp://coda.cs.cmu.edu/pub/coda/src/ntfsd-b1.tar.gz
.
(
MD5
).
This contains all the source needed to rebuild the kernel module,
two Windows specific binaries and the distribution .exe.
OSR FSDK library
A critical component for building the Windows kernel module is the
FSDK
library
from
OSR
. To obtain a copy of the
FSDK you must "order" a copy from OSR and agree to their licensing
terms for the FSDK. This special version of FSDK for Coda only is
graciously offered free of charge for non-commercial work. Please
visit their
Coda FSDK
ordering page.
Build requirements
You will need extra Microsoft software to be able to build the Coda
kernel module from source code. Specifically, you will need some
kind of subscription to MSDN. If you are a member of a college or
university Computer Science Department, you can order
MSDNAA
which gives your
department inexpensive access to the MSDN services and software.
For others, you will need to purchase a copy of
MSDN
Professional.
Build process
The build process is covered in detail in the file "Building" which
is contained in the root directory of the kernel module source
tree.
