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Latch · 12-21-2003, 07:11 AM

If you want to use your NTFS partition from Linux it's also recommended that you use the disk tool (Partition Magic) to go from NTFS to Fat32. NTFS support in Linux is iffy due to Microsoft holding on to the filesystem details. Last I heard, the reading support of NTFS drives sometimes worked and the writing to the drives rarely worked... and there was always the potential for the NTFS partition to just get wiped completely.

Partition Magic can convert from NTFS to Fat32, I've had to do it in the past.

12-21-2003, 07:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	If you want to use your NTFS partition from Linux it's also recommended that you use the disk tool (Partition Magic) to go from NTFS to Fat32. NTFS support in Linux is iffy due to Microsoft holding on to the filesystem details. Last I heard, the reading support of NTFS drives sometimes worked and the writing to the drives rarely worked... and there was always the potential for the NTFS partition to just get wiped completely. Partition Magic can convert from NTFS to Fat32, I've had to do it in the past.