Scott, That's understood. But one of my original questions was which of these distros has the full ntfs capability ? The websites don't say, you have to research each one. The two I found I would never know they used ntfs fully unless I tested them out. I'm still searching then, I'm not happy or fully comfortable without an install program for additional programs in the distro. Definitely do not need FAT32. Gave that up with Windows.
Thanks, Patrick On May 24, 9:46 am, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > HTH, > ------------------------------------------------------------ > <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ~~~OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E~~~ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>¸. > > ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> > > Chat Google Talk: [email protected] Y! messenger: airpath_scottv MSN: > [email protected] AIM: Airpath ScottV > Contact Me [image: > Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/tonyaw?v=wall&story_fbid=113208095380521#%21/...>[image: > Twitter] <http://twitter.com/bluesfreak72> > > --- @ WiseStamp > Signature<http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=y9hmyrgkp2n9b94h&site=www.wisestamp.co...>. > Get it > now<http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=y9hmyrgkp2n9b94h&site=www.wisestamp.co...> > > 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. Definitely don't want a Linux > > > >> > partition. > > > > >> > THX. > > > > >> > Patrick > > > > >> -- > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux > > Users Group. > > > >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > > >> To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected] > > > >> For more options, visit our group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > For more options, visit our group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit our group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > ------------------------------------------ > OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E > ------------------------------------------ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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