Re: ntfs read-write

[Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net>]

somethin2cool wrote:
> Joe Hart wrote:
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> > somethin2cool wrote:
> > > > 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 ;)
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > Good advice, but a good tool to have around nonetheless.
> > >
> > > You wouldn't advise captive since it controls the official driver?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > Well, I don't use ntfs, but I used to, and I know the ntfs-3g works and
> > the captive is not recommended by people much more familiar with it than
> > myself for writing.  It works fine reading.
> >
> > Back when I still had windows, I created a fat32 partition and used that
> > to share, but since then I have reclaimed the space that Windows was
> > using and changed it so that Windows runs in a VM so I can still access
> > windows programs if I have to, but no longer have to reboot to do it.
> > Now I can just run Windows in a Window.  I use Virtual Box for that.
> >
> > Joe
> >
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> That sounds like where I'm heading. I have a FAT32 partition for the 
> interim, but my target is not just for my own data storage, but to be 
> able to use other hdd's that are connected as slaves in the future. 
> For that I need a reliable NTFS write driver.
>
> My understanding of attitudes toward Captive is that it follows the 
> lines of "we hate it because it just wraps a microsoft driver and is 
> thus evil. it should have been written from scratch". Something which 
> I am not concerned about. And logically speaking, this idea ought to 
> be the most reliable.
>
> I will look into both and post my findings (assuming i get them working)
I have a lot of files left over from my Windows days that are stored on 
ntfs partitions and I have found ntfs-3g to be really reliable.  I never 
could get captive to work nearly as reliably as I have ntfs-3g.  It's 
basically just install and go.