Safe Ntfs Writing In Linux

while compiling the 2.6 kernel I came across this:

NTFS write support NTFS_RW

This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.

The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without

changing the file length.  No file or directory creation, deletion or

renaming is possible.  Note only non-resident files can be written to

so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot

be written to.

While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have

so far not received a single report where the driver would have

damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.

Note:  While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from

scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS

write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),

is not safe.

this are good news for dual booters but you guys will have to wait a bit more to get complete NTFS support

#63850

I must be honest...at this point in time, and even in the near future, I would only feel comfortable writing onto FAT file systems... Too much important data for me to risk by writing on NTFS.

#63874

lol, just in case you have to replace a file thats the exact same size.

That's been around forever, but thats about as good as it gets.

#63900

i just keep all my systems with a ext3 for linux, ntfs for winxp/2k, and then big fat32 partitions for all wallpapers and music and documents and stuff.

#63944

laydros: Try REISERFS, ext3 places last in every benchmark out there. Its slow and unstable.

#63946