Patrick, Linux can view any NTFS filesystems out-of-the-box. Linux can also interact with NTFS filesystems if it has the ntfs-3g package installed. I have had no issues viewing and interacting with NTFS filesystems on flash drives.
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Get it now<http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=y9hmyrgkp2n9b94h&site=www.wisestamp.com/email-install> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can see what you are saying here. ext4 or GFS is as good or better > for LINUX as NTFS is for Windows. I think one of the distros I > looked at had an ext format option during installation. I want this > to > stay on the flash drive presently, but I can see where the install > program needs to forget about FAT32 and go with ext or GFS. That > makes distro selection a little easier because only one or two have > an NTFS option at all. > > Very good and thanks, > > Patrick > > > > > On May 22, 1:54 pm, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sometimes you encounter a question which should not be asked. This is > one. > > > > Use a Linux file system for Linux and a Windows file system for > > Windows. There are good reasons for this. Each is developed to take > > advantage of the their own file format. Linux file systems are fast, > > reliable, fully journalled, support more characters and longer file > > names, and almost never need to be defragmented. In fact many of the > > biggest companies in the world rely on them. It is the backbone of the > > internet. I would not trust my data to anything else. > > > > The simple solution is to reformat the SSD and be done with it. > > > > File system comparison: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems > > > > Roy > > > > On 22 May 2010 14:22, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > My SSD is NTFS and it does work better then FAT32. My flash drive > > > is formatted to NTFS and works better, except for the scanning > > > machine which needs FAT32. Haven't had any lost files since NTFS. > > > NTFS is the more current technology for newer computers. I just want > > > everything to be the current NTFS system. This LINUX distro does > > > boot and work if installed on NTFS but I need to be able to fix things > > > up a little bit even if getting a different distro is easier. > > > > > I guess I need to learn to install files, it's like DOS I guess. > > > I wish there was a program installer for this LINUX distro but > > > the authors are certainly silent. I installed a program and it > > > executed > > > from a desktop icon, but I deleted the icon, and I think that made the > > > program uninstallable somehow. Later it could not be executed after > > > unarchiving. The archiver said "symlink not valid operation not > > > permissible". But five minutes earlier it executed oK after > > > unarchiving the .tgz successfully. Tried everything to reinstall it, > > > even reformatting everything. Had no success with tar.gz files at all > > > so I am waiting to get some info or an install program. > > > > > No rush anyway just a hobby. > > > > > THX. > > > > > Patrick > > > > > On May 22, 11:02 am, John Ohm <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I guess my first question would be why do you want a NTFS partition > for > > >> Linux? Are you trying to be able to share files between Windows and > > >> Linux? Install a thumb drive bootable Linux instance but retain the > > >> usefulness of the thumb drive for windows file storage? By letting us > > >> know the end need/use, perhaps we can provide better > suggestions/directions. > > >> John > > > > >> On 05/22/2010 11:51 AM, Patrick wrote: > > > > >> > Being new to Linux I cannot find a smaller Linux that will install > to > > >> > a NTFS drive > > >> > or a NTFS flash drive. I found one but it doesn't have an install > > >> > program and > > >> > isn't widely supported. .tgz files are hard to find and there is no > > >> > install program > > >> > for other packages. I need a NTFS Linus with an easy install > program > > >> > so I > > >> > can pick the programs from other packages than .tgz. > > > > >> > Any clue as to which ones they are. 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