P. G. Schmitt wrote:
Looking at installing for the first time. The drive is currently NTFS.
Will Linux install to this or do I need to redo it as FAT(32)?
Will Linux read NTFS formatted partitions?
Thanks,
Paul.
If you want to keep windows and have a desktop,then the simplest is to
install another drive. then there is no danger to your existing install.
Make backups, especially if you have to repartition the only drive on a
laptop. Partition the drive and format with ext3 for Linux (whatever
your partitioning requirements are, but a separate /home partition is
good for a home user), with another partition formatted as fat32 for
data sharing between windows and Linux.
Linux reads and writes to fat32
Linux reads ntfs but write is not good (experimental)
Ken
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