Does Linux use HPFS?

[bethysmom]

I know Linux uses EXT2, but does it also use HPFS?

Thanks!

)O(

[dgcartel]

Umm nope....Hpfs is i think OS2 or NT or both but not Linux

[ph34r]

You can at least read HPFS and NTFS, but you may have to recompile your kernel to get the support required.

During install of many distros (Redhat based mostly) a NTFS partition will be mistaken for HPFS partition - if this happens to you, DO NOT TRY TO ACCESS IT... bad stuff will happen.

[treatment]

The HPFS kernel-support for it is disabled by default. You will need to recompile the kernel and enable HPFS-support in the filesystems-section.