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How do I get NTFS support in linux?

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NCstateBen

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I have a Win2k - Linux dual boot, and of course I use NTFS with Win2k which Red hat does not seem to support. Furthermore, win2k does not support the ext3 fs.

1) How can I add NTFS support to linux (Red Hat 7.2)?

2) How can I get windows to see files on my linux partition?
 


<< I have a Win2k - Linux dual boot, and of course I use NTFS with Win2k which Red hat does not seem to support. Furthermore, win2k does not support the ext3 fs.

1) How can I add NTFS support to linux (Red Hat 7.2)?

2) How can I get windows to see files on my linux partition? >>



You can only read NTFS partitions. You can mount it just ilke other partitions, but you can't write to it.
 
Here's a pretty straightforward explanation of how to add support for NTFS partitions to your kernel in RedHat 7.2. RedHat doesn't enable NTFS support by default as it is still fairly experimental and can ruin the data on your NTFS partition if you try to write to it.

As for accessing your ext3 partition from Windows, there are a couple tools that can do it. Here's an article that talks about a couple of them. The one that I've heard the most about is Explore2fs. I think they're all designed to work with the ext2 file system, but since ext3 is backward compatible with ext2 it may still work.
 


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You can only read NTFS partitions. You can mount it just ilke other partitions, but you can't write to it. >>



Not quite....you CAN write to a NTFS partition using linux...you just have a fair chance of corrupting the filesystem in the process. Its in the kernel as one of the unstable and experimental options (which it should be)

Win2k will never be able to see your ext3 partitions without 3rd party software, and thats dangerous as well.

BTW, ignore the sig...it dosen't work quite right yet 😉
 
Thanks for all the info everyone...it seems like accessing ntfs from linux is buggy at best, so I think I'll wait a bit on this one until it gets a little better. 🙂
 
it seems like accessing ntfs from linux is buggy at best, so I think I'll wait a bit on this one until it gets a little better.

Reading it works fine, it's writing that's problematic.

Win2k only supports NTFS and FAT filesystems, you can't get it to read linux partitions, period

There is a driver for NT, not sure if it works in Win2K, hell I'm not sure if works in NT and someone wrote a program that reads ext2 in Windows. I've used the explorer-like program and it works ok, but I didn't want to trust the driver. And both only work with ext2, since I've moved to XFS it doesn't matter anymore.
 
I use explore2fs in Win2K to read my ext2 partition. I read only. I'm not daring
enough to try writing to it. Haven't had any problems.
 
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