[SOLVED] Can Linux read/write NTFS disks?

wh33t · 12-08-2015, 04:04 PM

I'm setting up a new machine. I plan to have a hdd/ssd dedicated to Win7 and another hdd/ssd dedicated to Debian. My plan is to evaluate gaming performance on Debian versus Windows.

I also plan to have a 3rd drive in the system which stores all of the game files and executables and so what I want to know is:

Can Linux read/write NTFS disks?

If it can, it would be great to both linux and windows games installed to the 3rd disk.

Thanks

yooy · 12-08-2015, 04:40 PM

ntfs-3g is slower than native Windows i guess.

wh33t · 12-08-2015, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by yooy

ntfs-3g is slower than native windows i guess.

So I would take a performance hit installing the linux game binaries onto an ntfs disk?

maples · 12-08-2015, 04:41 PM

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wh33t · 12-08-2015, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by maples

http://bfy.tw/3Biz

Ahh yes, lets keep the internet less social and vie for one thread evangelism shall we? Thanks.

John VV · 12-08-2015, 04:55 PM

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So I would take a performance hit installing the linux game binaries onto an ntfs disk?

you really can not use the MICROSOFT windows NTFS partition for linux programs ( you can but......)

NTFS has NO concept of linux permissions

use a NON Microsoft owned drive format for linux programs

wh33t · 12-08-2015, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by John VV

you really can not use the MICROSOFT windows NTFS partition for linux programs ( you can but......)

NTFS has NO concept of linux permissions

use a NON Microsoft owned drive format for linux programs

Thank you. I'll put 4 harddrives in it then.

Habitual · 12-08-2015, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by wh33t

Ahh yes, lets keep the internet less social and vie for one thread evangelism shall we? Thanks.

Don't be rude.
You're Welcome.

Beryllos · 12-08-2015, 08:39 PM

In my rather limited experience, Linux can read NTFS fine, but writing to NTFS often renders the file system unreadable in Windows.

sundialsvcs · 12-10-2015, 12:55 PM

I recommend that you leave each operating system's "native" filesystems "in the hands of the natives." Use virtual machines and localhost networking, for example, to let the two systems talk to one another and to share what they wish to share ... but don't let "somebody else's" software directly access either the Windows or the Linux disks. That's just asking for trouble. And if you do get in to "that kind of trouble," it is damned-difficult if not impossible to get out.

("Spell it: Y-E-R-S-C-R-O-O-D.")

Slacker-Tuxd · 03-08-2016, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by John VV

you really can not use the MICROSOFT windows NTFS partition for linux programs ( you can but......)

NTFS has NO concept of linux permissions

use a NON Microsoft owned drive format for linux programs

Thank you, I was getting around to posting this same question. As an option on Fdisk on install. My program base for IT Assoc in Sci. Microcomputer Applications were focused primarily on Windows. I being the person I am, kept asking about Linux.I was looked upon as if I had said a dirty word . Anyway..I went with ext4. the speed of ntfs for windows might be just what it needs.