Re: NTFS Filesystems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Mercurial Canid 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? NTFS != HPFS. Yes, is not the same fs but MS use the same ID for both... that's why fdisk is confused... I don't believe linux can mount NTFS filesystems. But, did you make sure the hpfs is compiled into your kernel? There is read-only support for NTFS: http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/ntfs.tar.gz -- Ian!! As previously say, it exists in Debian package in experimental. I had try it a time ago but the version I use doesn't support the compressed format. Because the compressed attribute is the only reason why I'm using NTFS (frankly, with dosntfs, the security of having an NTFS side to a FAT FS is really no more a reason... ;) I flushed it... and finally flushed NT at all... Mainly, Linux, especially with Debian, give me everything I need... I just find out the last reason why I really no more need a NTFS... A GPL VRML browser named VR-WEB ... Just try to find some time to spend on it and may be put it on deb... if no one else are interested to do it? - --- Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. -- William Safire - --- Fabien Ninoles aka le Veneur|| Running Debian-Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| Lover of MOO, mountains, http://www-edu.gel.usherb.ca/ninf01 || poetry and Freedom. - --- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMqzZhlX6fc7jcjhFAQEfNQP6A7GlcI2JdOIK6mEedGnRWNXbN0Rp40If SblPfYtxvgpXsO23e+bTQK3XpTR8eXCcJ0jumkibTrPRFPd7cFUXMkXVk8XrJiR1 /tYHkNxhZNUnMGr/665VW6VR1fpTwNVAnBks2zNibJ24NHeee/4QXimbuJhsmOcQ SJIjTCvKIJ8= =ilbW -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NTFS Filesystems
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]
Re: NTFS Filesystems
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? I don't believe linux can mount NTFS filesystems. But, did you make sure the hpfs is compiled into your kernel? -- Daniel Stringfield mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jax-inter.net/users/servo Send email for more information on the Jacksonville Linux Users Group! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NTFS Filesystems
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? I don't believe linux can mount NTFS filesystems. But, did you make sure the hpfs is compiled into your kernel? I did check that. My basic problem is I have some stuff on my NTFS disk that I need to get over to another HD which has my linux swap and root partitions. Is there a fips.exe type utility that would work on a linux patition? That way I could shrink that partition a bit and make a FAT partition which could be mounted. Thanks again. -- --- Robert Platt McGill-Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute For every complex and difficult problem there is always a simple and easy solution ... and it's wrong. -- H.L. Mencken --- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NTFS Filesystems
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Robert Platt wrote: I did check that. My basic problem is I have some stuff on my NTFS disk that I need to get over to another HD which has my linux swap and root partitions. Is there a fips.exe type utility that would work on a linux patition? That way I could shrink that partition a bit and make a FAT partition which could be mounted. Change your swap into a FAT file system, then copy the data to it, then mount it under linux, copy the data off of that, then turn it back into a swap partition when all the data is copied over... -- Daniel Stringfield mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jax-inter.net/users/servo Send email for more information on the Jacksonville Linux Users Group! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
