Re: Copying files to a windows XP partition (mtools?)

2007-03-25 Thread Thias
Hello, Unfortunatly, you should have a vfat partition to exchange data between Linux and Windows using mtools. As ntfs filesystem and "write permission under linux" are not very friendly, you may want to have a look at ntfs-3g. On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 01:16:15PM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: >

Re: Copying files to a windows XP partition (mtools?)

2007-03-25 Thread Wackojacko
Thias wrote: Hello, Unfortunatly, you should have a vfat partition to exchange data between Linux and Windows using mtools. As ntfs filesystem and "write permission under linux" are not very friendly, you may want to have a look at ntfs-3g. On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 01:16:15PM -0500, Charles Bl

Re: Copying files to a windows XP partition (mtools?)

2007-03-25 Thread Thomas Jollans
On Sunday 25 March 2007 21:25, Wackojacko wrote: > > If you dont have/cant make a vfat partition there is another option. > There is a windows driver for ext2 (1) (assuming that's what you use) > which enables you to copy from linux to windows when in windows. > This can also be used with ext3 part

Re: Copying files to a windows XP partition (mtools?)

2007-03-25 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
If you dont have/cant make a vfat partition there is another option. There is a windows driver for ext2 (1) (assuming that's what you use) which enables you to copy from linux to windows when in windows. Why not just use NTFS-3G? I hear that there is a stable release since January 2007. -- So