On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:32:12 +0300 > Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You are probably missing the packages dosfstools and ntfsprogs. They are > > both 'Suggested' by gparted, but not 'Recommended' because most > > GNU/Linux users should not need them. > > I suppose that's debatable. I never touch Windows unless I have to, > but I do often need to sneaker-net files between my Debian system and > other Windows systems via USB flash drive, which therefore must be > manipulated via dosfstools ... >
dosfstools, libfuse2, ntfs-3g, and ntfsprogs are pretty much essential to have full Windows file compatibility for copying/sharing functions, at least in my experience.