From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: write() on 64 bit platform sometimes returns 32bit -1 as error indicator
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:01:22 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c7073209-4a88-71bd-1a3c-bc89f33b1ea3@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200424144206.GF1654005@calimero.vinschen.de>
On 2020-04-24 08:42, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> This problem is due to a restriction in Windows introduced with Windows
> Vista. In theory it gets explained at length in "Changes to the file
> system and to the storage stack to restrict direct disk access and
> direct volume access in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008" in the
> Help and Support Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942448.
> Unfortunately, this KB article is current unaccessible for some reason.
MS are blocking access to earlier unsupported (all Vista extended support ended
2017-04-11) system info:
[ Vista kb942448 🔎]
support.microsoft.com [links to https://support.microsoft.com/kb/942448]
We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
Still readable via:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180217230150/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/942448/changes-to-the-file-system-and-to-the-storage-stack-to-restrict-direct
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-23 19:36 netbsdrat
2020-04-24 14:42 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-04-24 22:01 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2020-04-27 8:43 ` Corinna Vinschen
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