Hi all,


Is there a way to write to an NTFS drive. I run kernel 2.6.4. It does mention write support, but I havent been able to do so far.

the only other thing i can suggest to you is this link here

If you have compiled your kernel with read and write on NTFS, then this should works fine.

Write-support from the kernel is useless in all but the most limitied circumstances(file sizes have to be the same as before, you can't create/delete new files). Go with Captive, but be warned, it is still not recommended to write to an NTFS partition. Many people have had success with it, but that does not mean errors can't happen.

NTFS file system support (NTFS_FS)
NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
safe, write support available. For write support you must also
say Y to "NTFS write support" below.

So, again, if you have compiled your kernel with read and write on NTFS, then this should works fine.

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NTFS file system support (NTFS_FS)
NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
safe, write support available. For write support you must also
say Y to "NTFS write support" below.

So, again, if you have compiled your kernel with read and write on NTFS, then this should works fine.

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Thats exactly what I did

I'm sorry, i made a mistake. I've just installed a NTFS system, and i read more carefully the summary of those kernel options...

NTFS write support (NTFS_RW)
This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
be written to.

Can't answer you .