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From: "Marc Stürmer" <mail@×××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 23:24:39
Message-Id: 5484E1A3.2030408@marc-stuermer.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS by Mick
1 Am 06.12.2014 um 00:16 schrieb Mick:
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3 >> Same opinoin here. The in-kernel driver is only good for reading files and
4 >> directories. If anything else is needed use ntfs3g.
5 >
6 > This is right, ntfs-3g is a safe way of accessing NTFS from Linux.
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8 Actually, while there is a NTFS-kernel driver, this driver is mostly
9 stable only for reading files, but not writing files.
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11 If you need to use NTFS on a regular basis under Linux, you want to use
12 the FUSE ntfs-3g. It is far more advanced and far more stable than the
13 kernel driver.