On 26 Feb 2003, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > i am using windows Xp and linux on the same computer (dual boot) > > i did 'make this folder available offline' on winxp > > is there a way i can access this folder when i am using linux (and am > > offline) ? > > Actually, is there ANY way I can access WinXP partition from Linux (on > a dual-boot machine)? The NTFS partition is mounted on Linux fs as rw > but when I try (as a regular user or root) to write to it it says > "Cannot create regular file <path>: Read-only file system." > > What is the procedure, if any, to make NTFS truly read-write? >
I think the default compilation option of NTFS is read-only and that read-write is experimental. To enable it, you need to recompile this module. I think. Regards, Shlomi Fish > -- > Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ There's no point in keeping an idea to yourself since there's a 10 to 1 chance that somebody already has it and will share it before you. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]