On 5/7/07, LeeUKHA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would kubuntu have installed a virtual drive/directory for the purposes > > of the exercise, or should I have been running as it will be after a > > full install? > > > > My mind grappled with the possibilities and I came down to the two > > drives on my machine being NTFS rather than Fat 32. > > > > Still having trouble getting on line ubuntu/kubuntu. It could be the > > terminology is different so I am putting the wrong things in the boxes > > :-( > > > Rest assured that (k)Ubuntu will happily read NTFS partitions when it's > installed. > I'm not too sure about the latest status of NTFS writing under Linux, > but I went the other way, my dual-boot machine has the ext3 ifs driver > installed on the Win side so it can read/write to the Ext3 partitions... > nice... > > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
I have to use Windows (unfortunately) on my work laptop, and write support for NTFS works really well[1]. NTFS read support should be picked up automatically when you install Kubuntu/Ubuntu. >From Ubuntu, to enable write access for your NTFS partitions, you can click Applications->Add/Remove and search for "ntfs". You can install the NTFS access tool, and enable/disable write access from System->Administration. If you want to install via Synaptic, the package names are ntfs-config and ntfs-3g. I also use the ext2 IFS driver <http://www.fs-driver.org/> in Windows, so I can access my Linux partition both ways. Kris [1] Apart from transferring large files (> 500MB), the transfer seems to slow down a bit. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
