On 12 Dec 2003 12:57:48 +0100, Ulrich Leopold <uleopold@science.uva.nl> wrote:

How well is NTFS supported in SuSE 9.0?

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Ulrich Leopold wrote:

Dear all,

How well is NTFS supported in SuSE 9.0?

1. Can it read and write properly NTFS? 2. Does it support all possible NTFS cluster sizes such as 512 bytes up to 64kB?

Cheers, Ulrich

All of the Windows NTFS partitions will be mounted as read-only and be assigned the mount points: /windows/C, /windows/D,...etc. All files on these NTFS-formated volumes are accessible and can be exported as shared volumes on the network under either Samba or NFS. The utility of this new feature, however, is distinctly limited. _Without the ability to handle the metadata journaling of NTFS volumes for the dormant Windows OS, writing to these disk partitions while running Linux is simply impossible._ Furthermore, Windows is unable to read the Linux partitions. As a result, it is still necessary to use a FAT32 partition or an external network storage device in order to update any data that is "shared" between the Linux and Windows partitions on a dual-booted system. Text taken from Open Mag, (http://www.open-mag.com/features/Vol_80/suse9/suse9.htm) writing to a NTFS disk can be _very dangerous. _Stanley_ _ --