Re: is there a way to get NTFS write access with linux?

From: Kevin Nathan (knathan_at_project54.com)
Date: 01/30/04


Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:07:46 -0700

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:21:18 +0100
Chris Widmer <pogo@gibts.net> wrote:

>
> i've just installed suse 9, winxp is gone. i got 90% of my 240GB
> harddrives on NTFS. is there any way to get full r/w access with
> suse 9?
>

Not unless you're willing to wait until it's stable (if ever). You
*can* turn it on (I don't know how, for sure, since I don't need it),
but you are risking data loss on writes. Depends how adventurous you
are . . . :-)

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Kevin Nathan (Montana, USA)
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