-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, 2009-04-19 at 06:36 +0800, Joe Morris wrote:
On 04/18/2009 10:54 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Assuming the live can mount ntfs (ie, it contains the necessary modules), Linux can not mount an ntfs filesystem that was not closed properly by windows. Ie, in any case, you'd have to at least boot windows, and close it "normally". Though closing it properly is best, it isn't a requirement.
It is, unless you want to take some risks.
ntfs-3g can not mount an ntfs filesystem with data in the journal, so that it has to be closed first by windows. And I suppose it can not be broken in any way... meaning you can run the antivirus in Linux, but not repair an ntfs partition, AFAIK. You cannot repair an ntfs partition in linux, but you can mount it by adding -o force, i.e. mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda3 /mnt -o force. As you correctly assume, this should not be the first option, but is available when Windows cannot shutdown properly.
It is available, but it has risks. Per the manual: force Force the mounting even if the NTFS logfile is unclean. The logfile will be unconditionally cleared. Use this option with caution and for your own responsibility. It should be mounted in that case ro: ro Mount filesystem read-only. Useful if Windows is hibernated or the NTFS journal file is unclean. But mounting ro does not help if the OP wants to clear a possible virus. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknqZO4ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UHrQCfbJxOpsQVEn9zd2X1P2VIR9eV mDMAn0BRxAJWvuNzB7GmZkVpuN74YHuR =5Qkx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org