AFAIK, leaving Windows 8 by selecting "restart" and rebooting to Linux is safe. Also using the Windows dual-boot manager is safe, because it syncs the cached data to disk before starting another OS. The unsafe situation is booting directly into another OS through another boot manager such as grub.
The test based on hiberfil.sys is only relevant for the Windows system partition. Testing the logfile is apparently better (mind the single quotes, and replace win8 by your mount point) : head -c 30 '/win8/$LogFile' | tail -c 4 | od -t x1 If you get "01 00 01 00" you are in a safe situation, if you get "00 00 02 00" you are in an unsafe situation. This is to be confirmed, please report what you get. You would guess that no ntfs-3g version if able to play the new rules, so beware. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1043149 Title: [regression since 12.04] ntfs-3g refuses to mount Windows8 not using hibernation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1043149/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
