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Using the Real ntfs.sys Driver Under Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the some-serious-duct-tape dept.

caseih writes "A very neat hack uses the real ntfs.sys driver (obtained from your own windows XP partition and used via a wine-like layer (borrowed from ReactOS) to mount an ntfs partion with full read/write access. While not an ideal solution and certainly not free as in speech, this is an ideal stop-gap measure for many people trying out linux. I think that we'll probably see this in Knoppix pretty soon."

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  1. Re:The simple fact of the matter is... by pyr0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So I'm a pussy huh? What about those who *need* to use MS Office because they exchange documents with others who use MS Office, and can't afford to buy a whole separate box to run windows on? And no, OpenOffice doesn't do a good enough conversion yet. Why was this even modded insightful? Who are you to tell anyone what they do or don't need on their machine?

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  2. Re:OK... good by PetiePooo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Good morning, pedantic-man. Good to see you're feeling ornery today..

    Guess I should have posted my previous message anon so I could mod this message "-1, Asshole"

  3. Re:Monster Monster by BenBenBen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So when MS f$cks up it's funny, but when it's a distro you mock it's trolling?

    And I thought MCSEs had no sense of humour.

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