Bah! I don't want NTFS enabled by default.
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:49:58PM -0500, STeve Andre' wrote:
> For some time now, I've been using the NTFS code in GENERIC. Lately
> I've been subjected to an ever increasing number of Windows Sheep who
> have infected themselves. My proceedure these days is to take the disk
> out of the machine and stuff it into mine, mount it and extract data
> before scrubbing the mindless thing and starting over...
>
> From my experience NTFS read-only access to disks has been flawless.
> I think the largest amount of data I've extracted has been about 70G.
> Given that XP systems essentially demand NTFS, having the ability to
> read it is crucial when dealing with the hapless.
>
> I'd like to suggest that NTFS be enabled by default in GENERIC;
> I realize that it can't be in the boot media because of size, but for
> general work not having to compile a non-standard kernel would be a
> win for a lot of people. Making it read-only as the default would
> be the way to do it.
>
> If anyone has had a disaster reading NTFS data I'd like to hear it.
>
>
> --STeve Andre'
