Has anybody actually tried NTFS write?

bax · 10-03-2002, 12:00 AM

I just recompiled my kernel successfullly for the first time and since I included NTFS write support was wondering if anyone has ever tried said option. All I can find by searching are many references to how "dangerous" it is and not to do it.

zeky · 10-03-2002, 02:55 AM

I've tryed it and it works fine. I was copying up and down files and i wasn't experiencing any troubles. As far as i know it works fine.

--zeky

jglen490 · 10-03-2002, 08:07 AM

Good luck.

bax · 10-03-2002, 10:14 AM

What kernel were you using, Zeky? 2.4.19 here.

Half_Elf · 10-03-2002, 08:22 PM

I heard it is not that dangerous but sometime you could corrupt the journal, you will (more like windoze will) need to do a loooong booooriiing check over it.

MasterC · 10-03-2002, 10:28 PM

I've heard it can destroy your disk, otherwise I'd give it a whirl just to try it. Not like I'd care if I lost my XP install anyway

Cool

zeky · 10-04-2002, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bax
What kernel were you using, Zeky? 2.4.19 here.

RedHat 8.0, kernel 2.4.18-14

jglen490 · 10-04-2002, 02:33 PM

The chances of the "experimental" NTFS write operation in Linux actually destroying a disk is slim, but it could seriously damage the NTFS file system. That's why it's called "experimental", you may be lucky on a single user system or you may not. Until a stable Linux kernal advertises full NTFS write support, life could be interesting

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The best approach, if you need to read and write data in both Linux and NTFS Windoze, is to set up an intermediary FAT32 partition where these files can reside. Granted, you lose out on journaling with FAT32, but what good is a clobbered journal?

Half_Elf · 10-04-2002, 02:49 PM

Just curious... If the NTFS become damaged, is Linux will still able to read the data? I don't really care about windoze