On Monday, January 1, 2007, 1:56:51 PM, ET wrote: E> rikona wrote: >> On Monday, January 1, 2007, 12:54:59 PM, ET wrote: >> >> E> rikona wrote: >>>> On Monday, January 1, 2007, 11:44:00 AM, Miark wrote: >>>> >>>> M> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:40:23 -0800, rikona wrote: >>>> >>>>>> M> Writing to NTFS is fine with Knoppix (I do it routinely) >>>>>> >>>>>> ...It is a matter of reliability, as I understand it. Several >>>>>> linuxes will write ntfs, but occasionally might trash the file >>>>>> system beyond repair. Is Knoppix known to be 'bullet-proof' on ntfs >>>>>> writes? >>>> M> Pretty much. It (whatever "it" is) will only do what is reliable, >>>> M> so if you try to write or delete a file and it cannot be done >>>> M> safely, then it just doesn't do it. It's happened to me only a >>>> M> couple times. >>>> >>>> Very nice. Can you do massive writes reliably, like copying the >>>> contents [say 100,000 files/dirs] of a 100 Gig partition? >>>> >>>> Is there any documentation on this, showing what can and can't be >>>> done? Or any fairly rigorous testing? I'm VERY interested in a linux >>>> that is bullet-proof with ntfs writes - particularly one that can be >>>> run from CD/DVD. >>>> >> E> there are commercial products to do this, >> >> Last I checked they were fairly expensive... >> >> E> or you can do it over the network. >> >> That, I presume, uses the M$ code at the other end. I do that kind of >> thing now, unless you're referring to something else. >> >> E> "Ultimate boot disk" for gets around this by using the NTFS lic on >> E> the windows partition. >> >> Are you saying UBD uses the code on the Win disk? The case I am >> interested in has ntfs partitions but Win is not on them - just data >> files. >> >> Are you suggesting this is just a licensing issue, or is there a tech >> part? >> >> E> there is more than one (more than 3) versions of NTFS... >> >> I can believe M$ comes out with a new 'upgrade' every time the linux >> folks are able to write reliably. :-(( >>
E> you might check into making the UBDW, seems to me I remember there E> are a few files to copy off the winbox you want to write to... E> http://www.ubcd4win.com/faq.htm Apparently so. Nice project. Looks like this is rather different in some ways, especially in "booting to a mini XP environment". Doesn't sound like it's really linux. :-) Might be able to answer some of my needs, but I was looking for a 'real' linux. Also, I have so far avoided XP, so I don't have the necessary files. :-( and :-) -- Thanks, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
