[luau] Acessing data on NTFS partitions...

[Warren Togami]

NTFS is not safe in Linux.  Microsoft tried very hard to obfuscate the spec
for the filesystem, as a result it was very difficult to clean-room
re-implement it (although they are finally getting close with an
experimental v2.0).  Red Hat does not ship the (older) module because it is
NOT safe to use.  Read-write support WILL CORRUPT YOUR NTFS PARTITION.
Strangely, there are also cases were the read-only support will also damage
your NTFS partition, I think if your machine crashes while NTFS is mounted.

This being said, it is possible to compile and add the ntfs.o module to your
kernel.  I use read-only sometimes because it is convenient, but for safety
reasons I don't keep it mounted by default.  Would you like to do this?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson" <wilson at wilsonch.d2g.com>
To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:46 AM
Subject: [luau] Acessing data on NTFS partitions...


> I have a hdd partitioned for Win2K (NTFS) and RH 7.3B. Is there a way in
RH
> that I can access files in my NTFS partition and be able to read/write on
> the NTFS while in RH? Thanks!
>
>
>
> Wilson