Linux-NTFS Write Capability

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Tuesday 19 July 2005 11:32, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 11:19 -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Does anyone know if the linux-ntfs module from linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net
> > can write to NTFS partition ? I've tried to look through the website and
> > even installed the module but still can't write to the NTFS partition.
> >
> > If not, what is my option to write to NTFS partition from FC 4 ? I am
> > willing to take the risk. If the driver is just "good enough" or "mostly
> > work", I'll try it out.
>
> AFAIK the ntfs module can only write if the size of the file does not
> change, 

Sorry, I am not sure with what you mean by that... could you elaborate?

> and it has to be compiled with that rather useless option. 

Do you know if the RPM in the linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net was compiled with 
that ?

> As far as writing to NTFS - I think the only option is through samba
> where the ntfs partition is smb shared from a windows host.

Yes, but I am using this in a dual boot system that has NTFS partition on it. 
So the samba solution won't work.

Thanks for your respond

RDB