[gentoo-user] Re: external (NFTS) USB 2TB stick error mount.

[Grant Edwards]

On 2021-11-04, Laurence Perkins <lperkins@×××××××.net> wrote:
>
> Because it is read-only for all practical purposes.  Unless there's
> been a recent improvement its write support technically works, but
> it can only change the contents of existing files and cannot create
> new ones.  Works fine for a read-only driver, but not much point to
> using it unless you're an insane nutjob like me who occasionally
> needs to boot from NTFS and so needs a driver that can be compiled
> in.

You've piqued my curiosity -- how do you end up needing to boot from NTFS?

[It never occurred to me that would even be possible.]


--
Grant