Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:27:14
Message-Id: 20141204192714.GB14539@syscon7
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS by thegeezer
1 On 12/04/14 19:15, thegeezer wrote:
2 >On 04/12/14 18:49, Joseph wrote:
3 >> I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7
4 >> shares (folder) via samba on Linux.
5 >> I think, I need to enable "CONFIG_NTFS_FS" in kernel?
6 >no just cifs
7 >>
8 >> In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel
9 >> as well, am I correct?
10 >>
11 >yes
12
13 You are correct, but I think I only need NTFS in Kernel if I want to mount USB stick on Linux amd read/wrote to it.
14 I got around and used VB Windows 7 to format USB to NTFS and transfer the files from Linux to UBS via shared folder.
15
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17 Joseph