On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 14:43 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > somethin2cool wrote: > > it would be useful to be able to copy files onto ntfs external hds. (i > > like reiser 4, but lets not get into alternatives) > > > > I know about captive and have never got it to work. Fuse seems new, and > > somehow related. I read a review which showed excellent stats, but it's > > just a review. > > > > now captive is a wrapper, and thus reliable. fuse seems to be something > > else. ntfs-3g seems related to fuse, and sounds neat. > > > > apart from captive, i don't get how these work at all. because most > > people don't care, explanations are hard to find. I'm not happy using > > things i don't understand (so linux is a bit uncomfortable atm). If i > > don't know how it works, how can i trust it? > > > > > > Answer to this one: ntfs-3g. It works. But, never trust anything to > work with an undocumented file system. Frequent backups are a good idea. > > Reformatting the ntfs drive is a better idea, but your Windows might > complain ;)
Here is my "what used to be dual boot" machines /etc/fstab entry:
/dev/hdg1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults,user,force 0 3
It mounts auto-magically at boot (even though it (being Windows) doesn't
boot anymore)
Recently went to v1.417 (in Sid/Unstable), just plain works, of course
until it doesn't.
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