[coLinux-users] RE: ntfs howto

[peter g. <plu...@p1...>]

please keep replies in the list

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gmane Remailer [mailto:pu...@ma...]On Behalf Of Sam
> Liddicott
> Sent: 04 August 2004 07:36
> To: peter green
> Subject: Re: ntfs howto
> 
> 
> 
> peter green wrote:
> > writing to ntfs in linux is really something to avoid
> > 
> > anyway working directly with a partition from colinux requires 
> that windows
> > isn't using that partition at all
> > 
> > if you need to access windows files from colinux smbfs is the 
> way to go at
> > the moment
> 
> I read a while back that you could use the windows NTFS driver 
> under linux.
> 
> See: http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
> However readingh details at 
> http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/doc/Details.html.pl
> reveals limitations that perhaps make it unsuitable for real use
> 
> Or you can pay for commercial support: http://www.ntfs-linux.com/
> but I dont know how well it would work under coLinux, the source not 
> being available.
> 
> I think the parent is right, use sambauntil hostfs support is provided.
> 
> Sam
> 
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