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I recently downloaded an NTFS support rpm for my kernel, 2.4.18-8.0, and am only able to mount the drive in read-only. Is there any tricks I could do to mount it in read-write mode (assuming there is nothing valuable to be lost there)?
Also, in the /etc/fstab, what exactly to 0 0 or 1 2 do? The other options are straightforward, but these I do not know what their purpose is.
ntfs rw support is in a different module, and is a *very* risky thing to do. Recompile your kernel, enabling the correct module.
the first number defines wether the filesystem should be dumped or not, and the second how it should be handled by fsck on an automatic check of all devices. see the fstab manpage for more information.
I am already using a FAT32 partition for this purpose, the only reason I would consider using an NTFS partition is the reason that the maximum file size limit is several exabytes. I tried to create an iso image on the FAT32 drive, and it stopped at about 2gb. I read the largest file size is 4gb - 1 byte, so I don't know why it would not let me write the entire file. This is only a temporary fix though - I am configuring my DVD writer for linux, and it is coming along slowly, but surely it will eventually work.
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