Gian Domeni Calgeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Or does anyone know if any of the Live CDs `knoppix' style have this >> > tool on board? >> >> ntfs3g is *VERY* *VERY* new. I don't think that a "knoppix style" >> CD already has it. But I *bet*, that they'll have it quite soon. > > Hi > > On > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=29233640&forum_id=2697 > Szakacsits Szabolcs mentions a LiveCD called Puppy which has ntfs-3g > installed. See > http://www.puppyos.net/. I haven't tried it, though.
PS a not to Alexander below this quote: Looking thru those pages a bit I find that puppys support ntfs is a system where it creates a file and then can write only inside that file. ie, no ability to freely write to ntfs, like create/delete files. http://www.puppyos.com/faq.htm Q: NTFS partition I have Windows XP installed on my computer, and the hard drive is partitioned with a single NTFS partition. When I boot up with the Puppy live-CD, the "home" file is not created on /root, so I can't have any permanent storage. Why doesn't Puppy work with NTFS? A: When the live-CD boots up, Puppy looks for a vfat, ext2/3 or reiserfs partition, in that order, and if found creates a 256M file on it, named "pup001". This file is actually a complete ext2 filesystem, and Puppy mounts this on /root, and it becomes your home folder and keeps all your personal files and settings. This is a very safe technique and is unlikely to mess up your hard drive as no partitions are being created or modified, just a file created. Anyway, this technique has a problem when it comes to NTFS. Linux support for NTFS is not yet complete, and currently an NTFS partition can be mounted read-only but not written (safely) to. When Puppy boots up, if he can't find a vfat, ext2/3 or reiserfs partition, he gives up and only uses the ramdisk. HOWEVER, Puppy version 0.9.7+ does have limited NTFS write support. That is, the Linux NTFS driver can safely write to a file if it already exists, but cannot safely create or resize a file. SOLUTION: bootup Windows XP, download pup001.zip from the Puppy download site, unzip it (and you will then have a single file called pup001) and move it to C:\ (the top-level in the C: drive). Now reboot the Puppy live-CD and Puppy will use the pre-existing pup001 file as your home data file. Simple! ================= Alexander, Do you know if the system described above is what ntfs-g3 does too? -- [email protected] mailing list
