On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 08:32:53 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ivan Glushkov wrote: > >> messmate wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:39:27 +0100 >>> Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Just use the Windows installer for creating an NTFS or FAT >partition>>> and leave the rest of the disk empty. When you're >finished, use the>>> Debian installer to partition the rest. You may >want to have a 'shared'>>> partition, on which Windows *and* Linux can >write (mp3s, movies...).>>> The best way to do this is to create a >large FAT partition because>>> Linux has no (free) NTFS write support. >You can do that at install time>>> and select a mount point for it (eg >"/data").>> >I like cfdisk better than the new installer's partioning routine, but >that's for me. For a neophyte not understanding what a partition is, >the new installer routine os probably better. Perhaps I should file a >wishlist bug to have cfdisk as an "advanced" option. > > >>>> >>> >>> I've installed win98 on a vfat partition (first of cource) and after >>> that ( 1 year later) i've installed win200 + professionnal on the >same>> partition ! >>> So, win200 is a ntfs filesystem, do it ? >>> I can write/read without any problem to win. >> >IIRC, Win2K can install on top of an NTFS or FAT32 partition. Since >this was an upgrade, unless you specifically told W2K to convert the >partition, it's still FAT32. > >>> >>> >> How do you do that? I have tried a lot of thinks, but I never saw >> sombody writing from Linux to ntfs... Some program, or just options >in > fstab that I have missed in man page? > > >Newer kernels have the ability to write to NTFS, but it's still >experimental, and dangerous. Don't use the built-in capabilities to >write to NTFS unless you don't mind risking your data. > >BTW, just a swipe at Microsoft - writing to NTFS is not a problem >because of the inability of Linux developers; it's a problem because >Microsoft intentionally keeps the needed specs proprietary. The Linux >developers have done very good at reverse-engineering the scheme, but >haven't gotten all the details down pat, yet. Not to mention that they >quietly changed the specs of NTFS somewhere about SP3 for Win2K which >made it a totally different format. ><sarcasm_on> >Thanks once again, Microsoft, a true friend to the computing community! ></sarcasm_off> > >-- >Kent > > Thanks for this info. mess-mate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
