Using the Real ntfs.sys Driver Under Linux

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."

Comments

Re:Linux File System?

[ceswiedler]

Either you're a troll or yes, you're overlooking somthing. Linux most certainly does not 'run on' FAT32. If anything it usually runs on ext3, which is as good as NTFS in stability, performance, features, etc. Linux does support FAT32, but that's different. If you set up your root partition as FAT32, then you're simply masochistic.

My screwdriver makes a great hammer!

[t0ny]

I cant understand why Linux people are so desperate to always take Windows stuff. They have to use WINE (should be whine) because they dont have any good games, they need to make SAMBA because they dont have a real NOS, and now they need to 'borrow' NTFS because they cant make a NTFS driver of their own.

And 'of course' they are going to use an ntfs.sys which is on their licensed copy of Windows... Im sure they wouldnt dare get it off a warez site...