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On Friday 05 Dec 2014 16:11:26 Matti Nykyri wrote: |
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> > On Dec 4, 2014, at 22:21, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:15:07 +0000, thegeezer wrote: |
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> >>> In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel |
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> >>> as well, am I correct? |
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> >> yes |
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> > You're probably better off not using the in-kernel NTFS and using ntfs-3g |
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> > instead, which also includes mkfs.ntfs. You can't format a filesystem |
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> > with just a kernel driver. |
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> Same opinoin here. The in-kernel driver is only good for reading files and |
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> directories. If anything else is needed use ntfs3g. |
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This is right, ntfs-3g is a safe way of accessing NTFS from Linux. |
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Just mentioned in passing that the ntfs in-kernel driver is really good for |
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recovering corrupted NTFS partitions. I tried the same with ntfs-3g and it |
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couldn't read it. The kernel driver had no problem doing so. YMMV. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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