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Old 07-24-2006, 04:32 AM   #1
vaithy
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Writing into ntfs from Fedora Core 4


I mounted ntfs partitions onto my linux filesystem.I currently have a dual boot with WinXP and Fedora Core 4 installed. I am not able to write into the ntfs partition.

What changes should i make to /etc/fstab. It is currently like this.

/dev/hda1 /Winc_drive ntfs defaults,user 0 0
 
Old 07-24-2006, 04:40 AM   #2
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Read. There are many posts regarding ntfs write support, and Google will give you multiple pages. What you need is not only a change in fstab, but something that gives you write-support on ntfs filesystem. The native "ntfs" driver (the one you see in your fstab) can only read ntfs system, not write; the other choices, like if you installed Captive which enables ntfs write support, are not perfect neither; they tend not to work with 64-bit systems, and on 32-bit systems their write-support has a 50/50 chance of succeeding; a big part of writing to ntfs will fail even after you install Captive or similar, and there is a slight danger of corrupting data on the filesystem as well. I suggest other methods like using a fat-filesystem for transferring data between Windows and Linux, or a shared network drive or something.

Read more information about Captive (google helps) and other programs alike. They do enable you writing to ntfs, but if you happened to corrupt the disk and get mad when half of the data you write does not get written, you're all alone and can blame yourself only.

Ntfs is just a thing Linux can't handle well, not yet.
 
  


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