NTFS5 support?

[ConfusedOne]

I was wondering if Linux(redHat7.1) supports my win2k NTFS5 partition?

Thx alot!

[Derango]

I think NTFS support in linux is still read-only. (I could be wrong on this though)

You should be able to read the partition, but not write to it.

[jscott]

There's an EXPIRIMENTAL/DANGEROUS option for NTFS write-support. I would caution against it. Just check "prompt for development and/or incomplete drivers/code"

You have been warned. ;)

[ConfusedOne]

Alright, I dont mind taking the risk ;)
So were talking about NTFS5 or? Not the old NTFS for WinNT?
How do I enable it?

[jscott]

from make menuconfig


CONFIG_NTFS_RW:

If you say Y here, you will (maybe) be able to write to NTFS file systems as well as read from them. The read-write support in NTFS is far from being complete and is not well tested. If you say Y here, back up your NTFS volume first since it may get damaged. Also, make sure to run chkdsk from within Microsoft Windows NT after having performed any writes to a NTFS partition from Linux to detect any problems as early as possible. Please note that write support is limited to Windows NT4 and earlier versions.


However, if the NTFS5 drive is in a different machine, you can probably just use Samba (http://www.samba.org) for mount the share.

[possumpuss]

Originally posted by ConfusedOne:
<STRONG>Alright, I dont mind taking the risk ;)
So were talking about NTFS5 or? Not the old NTFS for WinNT?
How do I enable it?</STRONG>

you have to recompile your kernel
when you get to the 'make config' stage, enable ntfs support

[ConfusedOne]

I c..thx for all the help guys, I'm gonna backup all my stuff now, and format my ME partition for Win2k....wish me luck ;)