RE: [SLE] SuSE 9.0 NTFS Read/Write
SuSE 9.0 uses the 2.4.21 kernel , but in the default config RW support is disabled. see % zcat /proc/config.gz | grep NTFS CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m # CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
Well that sucks, why would they do that. Sorry, I meant to type 2.4.21, typo. Is full NTFS support still experimental or something? It shouldn't be if it's in a release kernel and they are advertising it everywhere.
Pacheco Jason NPRI <PachecoJ@Npt.NUWC.Navy.Mil> [01 Dec 2003 14:39:04]:
# CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
Well that sucks, why would they do that. Sorry, I meant to type 2.4.21, typo. Is full NTFS support still experimental or something? It shouldn't be if it's in a release kernel and they are advertising it everywhere.
Would you mind limiting your line length to something less then 80 characters? It makes reading the mail in a text mode MUA like mutt *much* easier. But now to your problem: safe write support even in 2.6 is *only* for rewriting existing files and then also only if the file length won't change. Everything else is still (more or less) risky! That's why r/w access is disabled in the SUSE kernels. Philipp
Pacheco Jason NPRI <PachecoJ@Npt.NUWC.Navy.Mil> [01 Dec 2003 14:39:04]:
# CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
Well that sucks, why would they do that. Sorry, I meant to type 2.4.21, typo. Is full NTFS support still experimental or something? It shouldn't be if it's in a release kernel and they are advertising it everywhere. <snip ; sorry Philli[p> IIRC Suse's Advertising of it is that you can now resize as well as read an NTFS partition ... <proud parent moment>That is not only posible, it's been done. By a near newbie ( my kid did it ) Of course since she has good genes and also good sense , she diecided to use the ntfs
On Monday 01 December 2003 2:45 pm, Philipp Thomas wrote: partition more rationally , and deleted it w/ a reinstall of SUSE </proud parent moment> ;^)
On Monday 01 December 2003 9:16 pm, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
Well that sucks, why would they do that. Sorry, I meant to type 2.4.21, typo. Is full NTFS support still experimental or something? It shouldn't be if it's in a release kernel and they are advertising it everywhere.
<snip ; sorry Philli[p> IIRC Suse's Advertising of it is that you can now resize as well as read an NTFS partition ... <proud parent moment>That is not only posible, it's been done. By a near newbie ( my kid did it ) Of course since she has good genes and also good sense , she diecided to use the ntfs partition more rationally , and deleted it w/ a reinstall of SUSE </proud parent moment> ;^)
I noted that "new feature" a few weeks back, but I can not find it on the SUSE site now 8-(
jfweber@bellsouth.net [Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:16:27 -0500]:
IIRC Suse's Advertising of it is that you can now resize as well as read an NTFS partition ... <proud parent moment>That is not only posible, it's been done.
I know that and I didn't deny that :) I was specifically talking about r/w access to the filesystem! Resizing a filesystem and having read/write access to the filesystem, i.e. being able to delete, create and modify files *in* that filesystem are two different things that aren't directly related to each other. Philipp
* Philipp Thomas <philipp.thomas@t-link.de> (Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 01:09:26AM +0100)
IIRC Suse's Advertising of it is that you can now resize as well as read an NTFS partition ... <proud parent moment>That is not only posible, it's been done.
I know that and I didn't deny that :) I was specifically talking about r/w access to the filesystem! Resizing a filesystem and having read/write access to the filesystem, i.e. being able to delete, create and modify files *in* that filesystem are two different things that aren't directly related to each other.
Absolutely true. BUt ehy never advertised R/W access to NTFS file systems. I've just checked the box and several printed adverts, and none mention NTFS R/W. Kind regards, -- Gerhard den Hollander Phone :+31-10.280.1515 ICT manager Direct:+31-10.280.1539 Fugro-Jason Fax :+31-10.280.1511 gdenhollander@Fugro-Jason.com POBox 1573 visit us at http://www.Fugro-Jason.com 3000 BN Rotterdam JASON.......#1 in Reservoir Characterization The Netherlands This e-mail and any attachment is/are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and may contain information that is confidential and privileged.
* Pacheco Jason NPRI <PachecoJ@Npt.NUWC.Navy.Mil> (Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 02:39:04PM -0500)
SuSE 9.0 uses the 2.4.21 kernel , but in the default config RW support is disabled. see % zcat /proc/config.gz | grep NTFS CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m # CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
Well that sucks, why would they do that. Sorry, I meant to type 2.4.21, typo. Is full NTFS support still experimental or something? It shouldn't be if it's in a release kernel and they are advertising it everywhere.
cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig and then read the help for NTFS_RW support That will give you the latest info on how stable it is. If you check the suse website, you will see that they cleaim *READ* support for NTFS: http://www.suse.de/us/private/products/suse_linux/i386/linwin.html They do offer full support for resizing NTFS partitions, which is something entirely different. I do not have the suse box and Cds with me, so I cannot check what they pormise on the package, but AFAIK NTFS R/W support is only availble in the 2.6 kernel (or in the 2.4.21 if you reocmpile and enable it) Currently listening to: pj2003-07-11d1t09 Gerhard, <faliquid@xs4all.nl> == The Acoustic Motorbiker == -- __O For prosimian fun, you can bugger a lemur =`\<, To bolster your name as a pervert and schemer (=)/(=) The lemurs cry "Frink!" as a coy mating call But the hedgepod can never be buggered at all.
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