On Saturday 07 March 2009 12:05:37 manish kumar wrote: > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Pankaj <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi all > > I am using Linux from last 2 years. > > I want to know that is it safe to read/write an ntfs partition > > from Linux. I am using KUBUNTU and Windows XP, both on separate > > hdd. > > > > Somebody told me that if I use both the os on same hdd then it is > > not safe!!!!! > > > > plz help! > > regards > > pankaj > > Hi > > For past 1 year i have been continuously writing to ntfs data > partition and ntfs xp partition. > I faced problem twice with ntfs xp partition so far. Problem came > when there was improper shutdown while writing to ntfs partition. > It was solved by doing disk check and remount.. >
Hi Manish, Unmounting the NTFS (/xp) partition (explicitly) before shutting down your system may help in this case - since that'll flush all the buffers and commit the journal. Namita
