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Re: FAT32 vs NTFS



On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 09:53 -0500, Andy Rowan wrote:
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> But then I came across something saying that writing to NTFS volumes from 
> linux is unreliable, but I wasn't sure if that was current info.  Is it 
> still true?  Should I go with FAT32 instead, is that safer?  I'd prefer 
> NTFS, but only if I can count on it.

While it is POSSIBLE to write to NTFS partitions in Linux, it is still
not recommended and rather dangerous. The only way you should use NTFS
in Linux is read-only. If you need to write, go with FAT32 instead.

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