[luau] Acessing data on NTFS partitions...

R. Scott Belford sctinc at flex.com
Thu Apr 11 11:54:13 PDT 2002


Very interesting, Warren.  I noticed yesterday that ntfs support was not 
in redhat 7.2 by default.  I figured it was because microsoft tried so 
hard to protect these specs.  I now understand why it is this way and 
what I can do to work around it.  Great answer.

scott

On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 08:41  AM, Warren Togami wrote:

> 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
>
>
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