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From: Matti Nykyri <matti.nykyri@×××.fi>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:12:50
Message-Id: 3CA0D4CC-9BB5-4A10-B600-E79DAFFC4770@iki.fi
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS by Neil Bothwick
1 > On Dec 4, 2014, at 22:21, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:15:07 +0000, thegeezer wrote:
4 >
5 >>> In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel
6 >>> as well, am I correct?
7 >> yes
8 >
9 > You're probably better off not using the in-kernel NTFS and using ntfs-3g
10 > instead, which also includes mkfs.ntfs. You can't format a filesystem
11 > with just a kernel driver.
12
13 Same opinoin here. The in-kernel driver is only good for reading files and directories. If anything else is needed use ntfs3g.
14
15 --
16 -Matti

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