On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Robert Platt wrote: > Can Linux read NTFS filesystems? I looked at the partitions using fdisk > and it read the NTFS filesystem as OS/2 HPFS, but when I tried to mount > it calling it HPFS it didn't work. Is there any way to do this?
Work is being done on a NTFS driver for Linux... There's even a Debian package for the driver in the 'experimental' section. But right the driver is still alpha (i.e. use at your own risk). So you at least definitely want to have a backup of the data in case something goes bad. And depending on how much value your data has, you might want to use something safer to transfer your data (like, say, creating a good ol' fat partition.) Christian PS Here's the package information. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[~] >dpkg -s ntfs Package: ntfs Status: install ok installed Installed-Size: 194 Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 960915-1 Depends: libc5 (>= 5.2.18) Description: A driver for NTFS. This is a read-only driver for the Windows NT file system, or NTFS. Make sure you understand that this is alpha software. This means that the implementation is neither complete nor well-tested. Still, it works for me and others, so you can try it out. You should know how to restore the system after a crash, and have a backup of any valuable data, just in case. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]