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Old 01-14-2006, 09:47 AM   #1
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Exclamation Browsing NTFS Drives From Linux.


Hello Guys, i have xp and linux (FC4) on the same HDD, is there a way to browse the windows' ntfs drive within linux? Because everytime i need a file that is located on my windows partition, i'm burning the file onto a CD-RW to import it to linux. Thanks.
 
Old 01-14-2006, 09:58 AM   #2
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Fedora Core does not support the NTFS out of the box, please visit;

http://www.linux-ntfs.org/
 
Old 01-14-2006, 06:40 PM   #3
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Actually, all you have to do is upgrade to kernel 2.6.15, which now has full ntfs read and write support. Then you are set to go. Note that I think you still have to mount that partition as an ntfs mount.
 
Old 01-15-2006, 12:22 AM   #4
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Well, 2.6.15 has full READ support (it cannot access encrypted files because it obviously won't have the user SID and encryption key pair) and about 90% write support, e.g,, if a file is heavily fragmented, you will not be able to write to that file. They're taking a conservative approach to avoid corrupting the MFT.

What the NTFS team really ought to do is decompile the Windows drivers and reimplement NTFS in a better way than Microsoft did (yes I know the Windows source is on the web, but it was leaked illegally plus simply lifing the code would violate a variety of copyrights and make the Linux kernel a legal liability for anyone running it). I'd be willing to bet that the NTFS kernel module maintainers can produce an NTFS implementation which is more fragmentation-resistant than Microsoft's.

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Old 01-15-2006, 10:50 AM   #5
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So assuming you are a defragment whore like I am, and defrag in windows multiple times a week and have a 0% fragmentation constantly... you would effectively have full NTFS read and write support, correct?
 
  


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