NTFS partition?
Knute Johnson
knute at frazmtn.com
Sun Jul 29 05:27:18 UTC 2007
>Knute Johnson wrote:
>
>> I can see the files in my Windows XP NTFS partition. Should I be
>> able to write to that disk?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>Linux has very limited ntfs write capability that may be compiled into your
>kernel. If you have the ntfs-3g driver installed, then you've got full
>write access to ntfs.
>
>Try mounting your xp partition like this:
>$ ntfs-3g /dev/hd(whatever-it-is) /mnt/winxp
>
>... or modify /etc/fstab:
>
>/dev/hdXY /mnt/winxp ntfs-3g ... etc ...
>
>Either way will provide write access.
Thanks to everybody who responded.
--
Knute Johnson
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