On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Matt,
> I completely agree with you, but if you must copy things between
> artitions, you can use the ntfs module in linux to read ntfs partitions,
> and use explore2fs explorer in nt no navigate ext2 filesystem. I don't
> know if mdk 7.1 has it module but I hope!
Yes, but I'd recommend using a FAT16 partition instead. Why? Because it
does not rely on either reverse-engineered drivers nor beta-level code,
but rather uses each operating system's own filesystem drivers to access a
thouroughly understood, well-documented, and simple filesystem.
You forgot to mention that the Linux kernel now has read-write NTFS
drivers, but I still dont recommend using them on a system volume, or, in
fact, any filesystem that has data you want to keep. Keeping an extra
filesystem around for the specific purpose of transferring files may waste
a little space, but you're not endagering any critical filesystems this
way, either.
-Matt Stegman
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