i have windows xp and mandriva i need to access both ways

krt47 · 10-20-2005, 05:26 PM

hi, i was woundering is there a driver for linux that i'll be able to access NTFS dynamic disk, it's all so spanned by the way, i combined to HDDS together. is there a driver or something i need to do that on mandriva?

also i already installed a driver to access linux's file system on windows xp pro.

jschiwal · 10-20-2005, 05:41 PM

Mandriva should be able to read the NTFS partition right off the bat. Mandrake Linux would anyway. Cat out the file /proc/filesystems and see if "ntfs" is listed. Could you check using "lsmod" whether or not the ntfs module is loaded?

lsmod | grep ntfs

You may need to google for a Windows tool to be able to read a Linux partition. Such a program on Windows may only understand ext2.

It would be better to reserve a separate win32 partition. Both windows and linux can read and write to a win32 partition.

krt47 · 10-21-2005, 05:10 PM

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Mandriva should be able to read the NTFS partition right off the bat. Mandrake Linux would anyway. Cat out the file /proc/filesystems and see if "ntfs" is listed. Could you check using "lsmod" whether or not the ntfs module is loaded?

ntfs dynamic disk is not loaded in to linux, both HDDS are converted to dynamic disk not basic.
on the c drive i am able to have ported in for linux. is there any way for dynamic disk to be loaded in to linux?

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You may need to google for a Windows tool to be able to read a Linux partition. Such a program on Windows may only understand ext2.

i have ext3. i already have that dirver on windows xp pro, windows can read/Write to linux.

jschiwal · 10-22-2005, 06:37 AM

I missed the part of "dynamic" disk. I didn't realize you where using RAID or a striped set. Take a look at the sourceforge website for the NTFS project.

They have an LDM driver for working with Windows striped disks.
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/index.html

If you are using a raid controller, then a driver for that controller will enable you to read from the ntfs partition using the ntfs kernel driver. When I had XP on my desktop, I had two drives mirrored for XP partitions. The raid driver and the ntfs driver were two separate matters.