Thanks very much Charles. knute... >On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 10:14:54AM -0700, Knute Johnson wrote: >> I saw a package get updated the other day, ntfs-3g. I went to their >> website to check it out. They had procedures there for mounting NTFS >> partitions. I haven't payed any attention to NTFS in quite a while but >> the last thing I remember was that it wasn't safe to write to NTFS >> partitions from Linux. Is that still true? > >See "What currently exists (in the kernel driver)" at >http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=status. In short, the >developers think it's safe to write, for most purposes, but are >reluctant to come out an say so. However, note that that page is >labeled, "Last modified: 2006/06/02 14:18 by yuval", i.e. things may >have changed in the last year (or year and a half?). > >> Is this ntfs-3g driver safe to use on my Winblows XP partition? > >For reading, yes. For writing, probably. Most of the time. Again, see >http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=status. > >Understand that all of this has been written with no help from >Microsoft, especially no documentation. Also, NTFS is evolving, >e.g. there were major changes from the NFTS that came with NT 3.51 and >that which came with NT 4 (Windows 2000). So I wouldn't try writing to >a Vista partition until the developers say they think it's safe. > >> Should my NTFS partitions automount? How do I make it work when my >> computer starts up? > >In /etc/fstab, e.g.: > >/dev/hda1 /mnt/dosc ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 > >-- > >Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign >Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards >and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email >http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > >Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
