writing to an nt partition....

pdmackenzie · 01-25-2003, 05:37 PM

Hello!
My mounted nt partition only allows me 'read-only' status when I am running linux., even when I switch to 'su' and attempt to 'chmod a+w nt'. Is there a way to make the nt partiton writable?

thanks in advance,
doug

trickykid · 01-25-2003, 05:50 PM

NTFS can only be read only. I'm sure its possible to write to it from Linux but is very dangerous and I wouldn't recommend it.

pdmackenzie · 01-25-2003, 06:16 PM

Thanks for your quick reply! If writing to the nt partition is unfeasible, is there a way I can start up nt and import a file from the linux partition?

Electrode · 01-25-2003, 07:13 PM

If you're using EXT2 or EXT3 in Linux, there is a program for windows called "Explore2fs" that allows you to access these filesystems. Reading works great, but the author warns that write support is experimental and dangerous.

Search freshmeat.net for it.

jensend · 01-25-2003, 07:23 PM

Well, if you want to read a file in windows from your linux partition, you could (assuming you have an ext2 or ext3 file system) use the windows ext2 driver from http://sf.net/projects/ext2fsd (read the FAQ first- it's in the docs section). If you like that driver you may also be interested in a driver which lets you use your Linux swap partition for Windows swap space- http://insidewindows.info.

The easiest way to transfer files between Windows NT/2K/XP and Linux, however, is to have a FAT partition on your harddisk.