Sometimes you encounter a question which should not be asked. This is one. Use a Linux file system for Linux and a Windows file system for Windows. There are good reasons for this. Each is developed to take advantage of the their own file format. Linux file systems are fast, reliable, fully journalled, support more characters and longer file names, and almost never need to be defragmented. In fact many of the biggest companies in the world rely on them. It is the backbone of the internet. I would not trust my data to anything else.
The simple solution is to reformat the SSD and be done with it. File system comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems Roy On 22 May 2010 14:22, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > My SSD is NTFS and it does work better then FAT32. My flash drive > is formatted to NTFS and works better, except for the scanning > machine which needs FAT32. Haven't had any lost files since NTFS. > NTFS is the more current technology for newer computers. I just want > everything to be the current NTFS system. This LINUX distro does > boot and work if installed on NTFS but I need to be able to fix things > up a little bit even if getting a different distro is easier. > > I guess I need to learn to install files, it's like DOS I guess. > I wish there was a program installer for this LINUX distro but > the authors are certainly silent. I installed a program and it > executed > from a desktop icon, but I deleted the icon, and I think that made the > program uninstallable somehow. Later it could not be executed after > unarchiving. The archiver said "symlink not valid operation not > permissible". But five minutes earlier it executed oK after > unarchiving the .tgz successfully. Tried everything to reinstall it, > even reformatting everything. Had no success with tar.gz files at all > so I am waiting to get some info or an install program. > > No rush anyway just a hobby. > > THX. > > Patrick > > > > > > > > > > On May 22, 11:02 am, John Ohm <[email protected]> wrote: >> I guess my first question would be why do you want a NTFS partition for >> Linux? Are you trying to be able to share files between Windows and >> Linux? Install a thumb drive bootable Linux instance but retain the >> usefulness of the thumb drive for windows file storage? By letting us >> know the end need/use, perhaps we can provide better suggestions/directions. >> John >> >> On 05/22/2010 11:51 AM, Patrick wrote: >> >> >> >> > Being new to Linux I cannot find a smaller Linux that will install to >> > a NTFS drive >> > or a NTFS flash drive. I found one but it doesn't have an install >> > program and >> > isn't widely supported. .tgz files are hard to find and there is no >> > install program >> > for other packages. I need a NTFS Linus with an easy install program >> > so I >> > can pick the programs from other packages than .tgz. >> >> > Any clue as to which ones they are. Definitely don't want a Linux >> > partition. >> >> > THX. >> >> > Patrick >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
