4.7GB files and shared linux windows partition

TurboChicken · 03-06-2006, 07:37 AM

got a slight problem....

i am trying to extract a DVD iso image from a series of .rar files...

after looking at rarlabs' knowledgebase i understand that in order to have a file of greater than 4GB you need to use NTFS which obviously linux can't use.

i need the drive i use for this to be shared between linux and windows...

is there a solution to this?

satinet · 03-06-2006, 08:24 AM

well, linux can READ ntfs and you can uses "captive NTFS" if you have a windows partition on your disc(s). (see google). basically captive ntfs uses driver data on a windows partition to write to ntfs. like i said ntfs reading is native in the windows kernel (if added at compile time).

hope that helps - maybe go for captive

TruongAn · 03-06-2006, 08:26 AM

Is it really true that NTFS is the only way to handle 4+GB file?
I think ext can store with that size easily

satinet · 03-06-2006, 08:36 AM

well yes and no. obviously linux file systems can handle files bigger than 4 gig... BUT - he said he wants a shared area that linux and windows can both access. that means FAT32 and that means no large files...

obviously either ntfs or ext3 (or <insert your files system>) would work fine, but they can't be used by both OS's

that said, i think you can get ext2 file browsers for windoze now....

TurboChicken · 03-06-2006, 08:39 AM

dammit....

we need NTFS read write in linux...

anyone know if it's possible in the forseeable future?

satinet · 03-06-2006, 08:51 AM

i believe this area is moving along quite well... i dont have any windows parititions so personally i have no need of it...

NTFS is a dreadful outdated file system. But i guess for the dual booters, more support would be better - doubtless this will come in time... but, like i said, it's a stinker!

biledaemon · 03-06-2006, 11:46 AM

I also unrar 4.7 DVD's and have them shared over the network with my roommates. One of them uses winxp pro and the other one win98. The easiest thing to do was have them shared using samba in my ext3 hd. That way I could unrar it on ext3 hd and have windows access those files bigger than 4.0 over the network. PLUS, you could always write to an NTFS partition USING Samba in case they wanted it on their own personal hd's.

TurboChicken · 03-06-2006, 06:19 PM

yeah that is the long way that i was going to do it...

was looking for a quick way...

what i'm doing is re partitioning my 200GB drive... 40GB FAT32 Shared drive... 50GB NTFS and 110GB linux one but i don't know what type to make the linux one.

TurboChicken · 03-06-2006, 08:00 PM

okay... i hopefully this will be the last question i need to ask you guys...

i used partition Magic in windoze to create some partitions on a 200GB drive i have...

way it works... got a fat32 partition as primary 40GB... NTFS 50GB as extended... and a 110GB ext2 partition

now...

added the entry to fstab

Code:

/dev/hda6               /movies                 ext2    defaults,umask=000      0 0

Code:

[root@localhost sbin]# mount -a
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda6,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

but if i umount it and then do mount -a again it's fine... but then i can't write to it...

any ideas?

P.S. i did post this in Hardware section buy mistake first

TurboChicken · 03-06-2006, 08:57 PM

ok another update...

i've tried the linux fdisk... i've deleted all the partitions... started again..

created 3 primary partitions...

40GB hda1
50GB hda2
110GB hda3

i used the mkfs command to make the filesystem

first time i did mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda3 seemed to work fine...

tried mount -t ext2 /dev/hda3 /movies

now i can't seem to write to it...

so did the same with ext3... and got the same problem.

i have no idea what is going on...

i'm new to these filesystems so could someone help me out here....

or is there nice GUI program that will do it all for me?

TurboChicken · 03-06-2006, 09:23 PM

okay... now i feel like a prick...

Code:

chmod 777 movies/

/me hears a call in the distance "Taxi for TurboChicken?"

gtg guys