Daniel Woods wrote: > > > Tom Eastman wrote: > > > I'm about to install Windows 2000 on my computer, I know that linux could > > > read Windows NT NTFS partitions just fine, but can it read Windows 2000 NTFS? > > > > with win2k you get to choose whether to use ntfs or fat32. > > linux can work with either. > > tom berkley > > As far as I know, NTFS support is still experimental by recompiling the > kernel. And only reading the drive is recommended, not writing to it. ntfs is read-only in the mandrake kernel, read-write is experimental and not suggested unless you like formatting ntfs. > Given a choice between NTFS and FAT32, choose FAT32 for better > compatibility with Linux. Of course, the only way to make sure all versions of windows can get to your data is to use FAT16 (for those of us stuck with NT). Buchan -- |--------------------------------------------------------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------|
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