Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: "Michal Žeravík" <michalz@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] full write access to ntfs
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:54:01
Message-Id: 4405FB19.9090300@olomouc.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] full write access to ntfs by Paul de Vrieze
1 Paul de Vrieze wrote:
2 > On Wednesday 01 March 2006 17:40, Michal Žeravík wrote:
3 >
4 >> Paul de Vrieze wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On Wednesday 01 March 2006 17:17, Michal Žeravík wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> Hi all,
9 >>>>
10 >>>> anyone know how to get %subj% on native gentoo64?
11 >>>> Kernel has partial write support, captive-ntfs seems to be x86 only.
12 >>>> Is there any way?
13 >>>>
14 >>> Write support is currently working best with the ntfs-progs / fuse combo.
15 >>> The version in portage is not current though, and the new version is
16 >>> probably better. You must have a fuse enabled kernel though.
17 >>>
18 >>> Paul
19 >>>
20 >> from linux-ntfs.org:
21 >> *Write support:* Last, but not least, the kernel driver now does all
22 >> sorts of mambo jumbo when mounting a volume R/W. Features come slower
23 >> than ntfsmount (fuse) but much more stable.
24 >>
25 >> So RW use of kernel-driver is now really reliable? (using 2.6.15-gentoo-r5)
26 >> Or better to use ntfsprogs/fuse?
27 >>
28 >
29 > The kernel is very reliable and will certainly not destroy your data, or even
30 > require a chkdsk from windows. It does however support writing less often.
31 > For both modes, writing is enabled, but does not always succeed. Whether or
32 > not it succeeds is dependent on the structure of the directory the file is to
33 > be written into.
34 >
35 > Paul
36 >
37 well, only thing to enable ntfs-rw is with CONFIG_NTFS_RW ?
38 And writing couldn't lead to destroying data then?
39 Writing fail won't damage target ntfs directory structure?
40 If so, is it repairable with chkdsk?
41 I don't like to not corrupt friends' ntfs filesystems.
42
43 michal