>> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Grant Edwards <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 4:10 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: external (NFTS) USB 2TB stick error mount. >> >> On 2021-11-01, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On 11/1/21 4:47 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> On 2021-11-01, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I format external nvme SSD (M.2) drive as NTFS on Windows (to store >> >>> some pictures etc.) But when I insert the drive on Linux box (it >> >>> has support for NTFS enabled) I get an error: >> >> >> >> Please define what you mean by "it has support for NTFS enabled". >> >> >> >> Are you running a v5.15 kernel with the new in-tree NTFS driver? >> >> >> >> Are you using the ntfs3g FUSE driver? >> >> >> >> Are you using the old, read-only NTFS in-tree driver? >> > >> > I'm using kernel: 5.4.72-gentoo >> > >> > Under: File systems: >> > DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems: >> > <*> MSDOS fs support >> > - <*> VFAT (Windows-95) fs support >> > - <*> NTFS file system support >> > - [*] NTFS write support >> > After installing sys-fs/ntfs3g >> > It keeps telling I don't have: >> > CONFIG_FUSE_FS: is not set when it should be. >> >> OK, that's what is referred to as the old read-only in-tree driver. It has >> had experimental write support for a long time, but people still call it >> "the read-only driver". Most people "in the know" seem to advise that the >> write support should not be used, and many advise not using that driver it >> at all. The ntfs-3g FUSE driver is usually recommended instead. >>
Because it is read-only for all practical purposes. Unless there's been a recent improvement its write support technically works, but it can only change the contents of existing files and cannot create new ones. Works fine for a read-only driver, but not much point to using it unless you're an insane nutjob like me who occasionally needs to boot from NTFS and so needs a driver that can be compiled in. LMP
