[GRLUG] Windows Switchover... T.T, possible duel boot... ^_^

David Pembrook david at pembrook.net
Sun Dec 30 17:03:18 EST 2007


Benjamin Eavey wrote:
>> As I see it you'll need a fat32 partition that can be used safely by 
>> either operating system for data. Linux currently doesn't safely write 
>> to NTFS partitions.
>>     
>
> It doesn't?  My dual-boot Gutsy install mounts my NTFS partition 
> read/write by default, and I haven't had any problems yet.  Granted, I 
> don't write to it very often, but I have the ability to.
>
> -Ben
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I read that in the past and then confirmed it on the official looking 
Linux-NTFS.org site. Well, it currently says very limited write support. 
In the past it was labeled as unsafe for writing.

http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php


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