NTFS drives in linux.,

[legolas]

hi,

i have mandrake linux. and other than linux partitions, all drives are NTFS. the problem is that i cudnt write any files from linux to the NTFS drives. how do i do it? i need the files downloaded in linux to be copied to those drives as i am running out of space. pls help me witha solution. thk u.

/legolas

[ujjwal]

Writing to NTFS is not enabled by default in linux distro's, as its not considered fully stable yet. You could use something like Captive NTFS.

However, I suggest that you use a tool like explore2fs (or rfstool, if you use a reiserfs partition on linux) to copy the files from the linux partitions to windows, from within windows.

Moderators, please move this to the open source section.

[Netjunkie]

Dont try to write to an NTFS drive from Linux, you may end up losing all your data. Create a small Fat32 partition for common use between Linux & Windows.

The explore2fs tool is a very usefull utility, it dosent allow you to write to a Linux partition from within Windows though.

[QwertyManiac]

tuxidow too is a good light s/w
it supports re/wr in ext2 fr windows and read ext3 frm windows if u wanna share files btween them...