Linux Filesystem

Ngentot · 11-12-2004, 11:36 PM

Hi All,

I've got a large drive with a lot of data on it. It's currently formatted with the NTFS filesystem but I want to use (write to it) under Linux. Is there any software avialable that will allow me to convert NTFS to ext2 without losing my data?

Thanks
Ngentot!

predator.hawk · 11-12-2004, 11:50 PM

Simply put, No. You can't change FS types without lose of Data and converting NTFS to ext2 is impossible. Because NTFS is COMPLETELY different from ext2. there design, structor, etc are all different. Converting would be nearly impossible.

Edit: what you can do is load up the drive in your box, compile a kernel with support for NTFS and copy the data over by hand. Though writing to NTFS from linux is still very buggy and has high chances of data-curruption, Read support is very good and it is rather easy to setup.

Ngentot · 11-12-2004, 11:58 PM

Thanks for the prompt response!

So I guess my best bet would be to copy all the data onto another drive and format the drive to ext2 or ext3?

Cheers,
Ngentot!