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- Jacob, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28no digg this is very unstable while some people may get away with it I wouldn't recomend it if you value your data I lost an ntfs partition trying this; Good thing I had my data backed up.
- Mejogid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21@i440 - that will result in a read only partition.
- tolkan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Listen dude, try to cut your drug addiction cold-turkey.
Dont say theres no need for NTFS support in linux. Linux may not be windows but in order to operate in the `real world` which is very much windows based, certain 'bridges' must be developed to migrate users to an open source solution. Are you also saying that there is no need for SMB support in linux? - i440, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13"that will result in a read only partition."
Acknowledged. My apologies. I just realized I've only copied files from my Windows partition... - arsgeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10That's read only Salad. This guide is for writable (writabable?) partitions.
- aaryn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I wasn't able to lift three times my own body weight. Marked as inaccurate.
(Kidding, and I hate it when people announce that they've marked something lame or inaccurate, as if they are mods or something and other people care... :P) - jutgreen, on 12/06/2008, -0/+8I built a new computer over the weekend and debated over this issue for quite a while. Even though I rarely (and I mean VERY rarely) boot to my windows partition anymore I still would like to have access to my other partitions. So I created Ext3 partitions for my storage and multimedia partitions and use Ext2IFS For Windows, http://www.fs-driver.org, to read/write in Windows. Yes, I do know these is a completely backwards solution, BUT if you are concerned about stability and do not want chance losing your data then it is a much better solution. And if you are using Linux as your primary OS then it makes more sense to create native linux partitions and just access them when you happen to need to boot to Windows. Just my two cents...
- arsgeek, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Yes it's unstable, as I noted in the article. There are still a whole bunch of people who can use this however, whether for research or the shear joy of doing something new.
geek out - hchaudh1, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Thanks for weighing in.
Now pop in the latest Ann Coulter audio book in your cassette player and get back to defending America. - RyanAghdam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8If you're not being sarcastic, I'm going to find you and remove your toes and sell them for crack on the black market.
- code_of_life, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8nothing new.
quote "It should be noted that writing to NTFS is still experimental. You’d best have a backup of your machine if you’re going to do this." - arsgeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This isn't using ntfs-3g, but rather fuse and libntfs8.
- jutgreen, on 12/06/2008, -0/+5Sorry, have a comma after the link... it is http://www.fs-driver.org
- arsgeek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7writeabable. What's wrong with that?
doh. - exobyte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Not just linux, Ubuntu. Every other Linux article here is useful for other distros, dispite the title
- jutgreen, on 12/06/2008, -0/+5You had to start somewhere, you did not just wake up one day with the knowledge to do this right after your first linux install ever. Some people are just getting into it, so get off your high horse and start helping people since you obviously are saying you know how to do things like this already.
- i440, on 10/12/2007, -7/+11Arsgeek, you know that I mean absolutely no personal offense by this, but must you put "geek out" at the bottom of every one of your posts? I realize that it is your personal slogan, but lets not be excessive here.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yeah, this only applies to Ubuntu. Tricks you learn while using it apply to NO other Linux distro out there. So, if you use Fedora or Gentoo or Debian or Slack, well, you're *****.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Very useful. Dugg.
- Netmindstorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4>>TheSaladMan:Err, am I the only person who can see their NTFS partition in Ubuntu by default? I didn't >>do anything with it and it works fine.
It's read only. You can't toss that salad - bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper if you ever need to know how to do any thing in ubuntu go there it is an excalent guide. i found it when trying to figure how to use ntfs in linux about 3 weeks ago.
- Phantom784, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://duggmirror.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_tricks_how_to_mount_your_WinXP_partition_make_it_read_writabable/
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Because it isnt good to write onto different filesystems. editing files that are on a NTFS system while in linux can damage or corrupt the file.
- ArminPiTT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3been using this method for a month or so now, works great.....
- Megatog615, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What WinXP partition? ;)
- jccalhoun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Site seems to be dugg to death. So this is different than the guide at the ubuntu guide in what way?
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_mount_Windows_partitions_.28NTFS.29_on_boot-up.2C_and_allow_users_read_and_write_access - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4so how is this unstable can someone describe why?
- FastZ, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Dugg. I've been wanting to do this for ages.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yea shouldnt this work for every linux distro. I agree with the comment above that people are getting too specific with there tutorials and need to just use the tag of Linux or even Unix because a lot of the "OSX terminal tutorials", "Ubuntu Tutorials", and "FreeBSD tutorials" apply to most Unix like operating systems that have a bash shell.
- bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Try wine. it might take a bit of work but i bet you can get it to. i have got battel field 1924 running on it.
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_install_Windows_Applications_in_Linux_.28Wine.29
in oreder to browes around and easaly exicute files open comand line and type winefiles - bradleyland, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'd digg your comment twice if I could. It's worth the extra time to boot into Windows if you have an NTFS partition you need to write to. 10 minutes to boot into Windows is worth 2 hours of reinstalling and restoring from backup, IMO.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Now if it would only run Battlefield 2 multiplayer, THAT would be a great ubuntu trick.
- handheld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2way old fashioned.. see these threads::
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=255896
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009 - FastZ, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Amen.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It is easier for new users to install and they have the money to get it out there. Is it the most stable and best implementation probably not but new users will find it easier than installing something Debian or even Fedora core.
- duck1123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I guess this is probably the best place to post this. What is the best format for storing my media files for someone that dual-boots between windows (XP) and *nix? (Ubuntu)
When I was only an XP user, all of my partitions were in NTFS. When I started using *Nix and read that mounting NTFS as +RW was possible, just not very stable, I changed my E: drive to FAT32, but had trouble doing it to my C: drive. (mostly due to the fact that there was like 2% free space at the time)
I've now cleared up enough room that I'm ready to re-partition my media files off my C: drive. What format is best? I want stable read-write from both OS's. I won't be doing very many writes, mostly reads. (update mp3 metadata, store a new movie, etc.) Should I just stay the course of FAT32 for media, and NTFS for XP, or does anybody have a better idea? - macewan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1nice one, thanks for posting to digg
- nubtard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Those distros both can do it too.
- nalf38, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hmmmm...I'm not sure I like how Linux is becoming Ubuntified. This tutorial works just fine on a ton of distros if you just substitute apt-get for rpm or emerge or whatever. I'm not bashing Ubuntu, but is it really so much better than every other distro out there? I'm trying really hard, but I still can't see what all the hype is about.
- sixdays, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Interesting to see that all the comments that hail linux for windows get dugg down, while flame comments often seem to be dugg up. Windows users should not be allowed to digg either way in the linux/unix part of digg.
The point of the digg function, as I've understood it, is that it's to heighten the experience not ***** it up. - arsgeek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=121981 It's battlefield 2 dedicated server. Probably not what you're looking for though...?
- m98076, on 01/31/2008, -0/+0Interesting
http://bestweight-losspills.blogspot.com/2007/12/f ... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Both comments are true this tutorial is a little noob (the avg digg isnt as smart as they you would think) but also you didnt just turn install linux, configured everything, and knew all the commands w/o reading something a book a tutorial something.
- cynyr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@XvampireX
As for NFS being superior, i will agree to some extent, try getting nfs to mount a rw export on your lappy, as you wander around a college campus, changing IP's every 10-20 min. Now before you say it, I did have a dyndns account, but it seems that nfs looks up the host IP pairs when it starts so when it changes it assumes dns poisoning and fails. yes i know i could have gone in and set up an ssh tunner and made the nfs ports static, but that seems like a lot of work compared to SMB in my case. - ripkord42, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1/me trying to figure out why the hell I'd want to have an NTFS partition, let alone access it once I'm running Ubuntu??? Mysteries never cease.
- duhblow7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1"So, if you use Fedora or Gentoo or Debian or Slack, well, you're *****."
If you use any of those distro's above then you should have the intelligence level to setup NTFS read/write support. - evilTak, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Spelling error in headline == front page
- cynyr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0/agree
while i think the ubuntu project is great, and its a good learning distro, if you want real control over your system look at debian or gentoo(yes i'm a gentoo fanboi, but have you ever tried to write an init script for anything else?, see below for the gentoo way)
depend () {
need net
}
start () {
vncserver --config=/etc/vnc.conf --pidfile=/tmp/vncserver.pid
}
stop () {
kill $(cat /tmp/vncserver.pid)
}
thats it, you are done, checking for the right options to pass vncserver of course. - fouad, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Change the word Ubuntu to Debian in the title and this tutorial will be still working .....
- nubtard, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3It's inevitable.
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