write2ntfs

[Stratos Laspas]

Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:46:48 +0100
> karas <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> No more windows for me. Made the switch completely about 3
>> days ago now and only have 1 problem. Not having enough of an
>> understanding of the command line/terminal to use the how to's
>> so i can write to my ntfs external hd. Other than that its all
>> good! :D
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> karas
>>
>>     
> Great that you made the switch and wellcome to the World
> of Ubuntu.
>
> Afaik, the ntfs _write_support is still sort of flakey (at
> least, as long as you want to soleley work with opensource
> drivers).
>
> So, I am afraid to satisfactorily use your external Harddisk
> with Linux, you will need to reformat it (vfat in case
> you want to maintain windows compatibility, or ext3, if you are
> working 'Linux only' ).
>
> regards
> Eberhard
>
>
>   
There may be something here.. still beta, but seems to work...
(Don't use it on something you wouldn't want to lose)

If you use the disk in environments with windows, you could try it. If
not, just format it in ext3.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009&highlight=ntfs+write