This is a problem with Microsoft -- they like to keep the specs for NTFS 5
(as used in Win2K) secret, making it very difficult for GNU/Linux filesystem
developers to include NTFS support. NTFS support in GNU/Linux is very good in
read-only mode, but still experimental in read-write mode (Mandrake's default
kernel doesn't even include read-write support).
The solution (well, it worked for 7.2; I'm not too sure about 8.0) is to
install Mandrake _without_ mounting the NTFS partition (just ignore it).
After the install, modify your /etc/fstab to mount it at boot.
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:49, Jack Gill wrote:
> I tried installing Mandrake 8.0 on a system that had Windows 2000 already
> on it, using NTFS file system. I could not get the install to work.
> However when I re-installed Windows 2000 using FAT 32, and then installed
> Mandrake, it worked.
>
> Is this a general characteristic, or just specific to my system?
>
> Jack Gill
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