how to write files to windows xp

thebiggiantmouse · 01-04-2007, 09:00 PM

i was wondering i have 2 hardrives my primary is running windows and my secondary is running slackware.i was wondering is the way to write file from slackware directly to windows

tuxdev · 01-04-2007, 09:32 PM

If you're XP install is using FAT, then add an entry to the fstab with "vfat" as the filesystem (you'll also want "auto" to mount on bootup and "showexec" to keep permissions sane as options). If you are using NTFS, then you might try NTFS-3G. I haven't used it, YMMV.

thebiggiantmouse · 01-04-2007, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tuxdev

If you are using NTFS, then you might try NTFS-3G. I haven't used it, YMMV.

i will compile and run this and let you know

Bruce Hill · 01-04-2007, 09:58 PM

Writing to NTFS filesystems is not reliable yet -- reading is, though.

Writing to FAT filesystems works just fine. Here is my mount line:

Code:

/dev/sda2        /Shared          vfat        users,umask=1000,rw,auto  1   0

You must create the mount point (Shared, for instance) and then set the
permissions like so, as root:

Code:

chmod 777 /Shared

and you can read and write as any user. If you don't like those
permissions, you can change to suit yourself.

Daedra · 01-05-2007, 02:52 AM

just FYI, I installed NTFS-3G and its working great, I would highly recommend it.

thebiggiantmouse · 01-05-2007, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Daedra

just FYI, I installed NTFS-3G and its working great, I would highly recommend it.

how did you install. i used the package from linuxpackages.com and it does not seem to be working for me.

Daedra · 01-05-2007, 09:11 AM

Before I get into a howto, you do know how to compile from source?

igu · 01-05-2007, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Hill

Writing to NTFS filesystems is not reliable yet

I don't know which NTFS driver you mean but the new NTFS-3G is very reliable. From http://www.ntfs-3g.org:

It may be revealing about the high reliability of the NTFS-3G driver that an increasing number of users find hidden hardware faults, and several Microsoft released NTFS bugs during NTFS-3G testing and usage.

There are even links to Microsoft support pages with the bugs they have found, and what people originally thought were caused by NTFS-3G :-)

thebiggiantmouse · 01-06-2007, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daedra

Before I get into a howto, you do know how to compile from source?

yes been doing it quite some while now.

thebiggiantmouse · 01-06-2007, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by igu

I don't know which NTFS driver you mean but the new NTFS-3G is very reliable. From http://www.ntfs-3g.org:

thanx working just fine now

It may be revealing about the high reliability of the NTFS-3G driver that an increasing number of users find hidden hardware faults, and several Microsoft released NTFS bugs during NTFS-3G testing and usage.

There are even links to Microsoft support pages with the bugs they have found, and what people originally thought were caused by NTFS-3G :-)

thanx working just fine now