Re: NTFS read/write -- what is best method?

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:16:03 +0100, J.O. Aho wrote:
I assume you have those files in microsoft, use a md5sum tool (this takes some
time), boot then into Linux, run md5sum on the file, compare the values, then
copy the file to your Linux slice, run md5sum on it again, then copy it back
to the ntfs, run md5sum on it, reboot into microsoft and run md5sum there.

All the md5sum results should be the same, the more times you do it, the more
reliable will you result be.

I wonder if the developers of ntfs-3g have done that, seems like a great
idea. Considering the magic that this tool claims, some such exhaustic
testing would be called for and would be nice to see some statistics about.

Anyways, I installed ntfs-3g and it was quite painless I must say, looks
to be a nice addition to linux. God help us (and I am an atheist!) if
Microsoft Windows ever gets the ability to read and manipulate linux
files-- I don't want them ever messing with my linux files, with all their
spooky DRM policies, etc.
.

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