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Old 09-14-2004, 03:09 PM   #1
parv
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how safe to write to nfts partition now?


i have been thinking of doing this but dare not ;-)
i want to make sure my system won't be screwed up.
fc2, kernel 2.6.8-1., have kernel-ntfs installed.

thanks for your opinion.

btw, how to add a hyperlink to my signature?


Last edited by parv; 09-14-2004 at 04:44 PM.
 
Old 09-14-2004, 03:23 PM   #2
milir
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I guess writing to ntfs does screws it up , but you could safely edit files in ntfs provided the saved file is of the same size (read it somewhere ,didn't try, so don't blame me)..
Use a FAT partition instead works good.
 
  


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