Thanks Guys,
I probably will not try to use the external HD with my Kubuntu box.
Maybe someone could explain the following in very simple language.
I copied the NTFS files from my external HD onto a CD and then put
the CD into the CD drive in the Kubuntu box and Kubuntu read them. The
Kubuntu system is pretty much 'out of the box" system. Why could
Kubuntu read the NTFS files?
Owen
Miark wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:55:52 -0400, David wrote:
Knoppix is a different animal altogether. Most LIVE cd OS's
can read and write to NTFS as they are not actually installing
their write schema, but rather just sitting in RAM and usnig
the host OS for support.
Sounds like you're talking about how Knoppix 4 worked, namely by
installing Microsnot's NTFS DLLs. It's beyond that.
Even on their own site, here is the quote...
Let me counter-quote:
Ntfsmount has almost full feature write support. It can resize,
create and delete files and directories and even operate on
symlinks, devices, FIFOs and sockets. Though ntfsmount has
still some restrictions, data safety should not be in risk,
especially if you make regular backups with ntfsclone. This is
a highly advised, given that the most often problems we are
reported are physical hard disk failures!
I would still suggest the options I suggested of using FAT32
if it needs to be used by M$ and nix*
I do agree with you about that. NTFS support is advanced, but
FAT32 support is superior, and accessible from any *nix.
Miark
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