[Gllug] Ubuntu 8.10 accessing win xp ntfs file system

[Caroline Ford]

There have been issues with the ntfs driver in Linux which meant that  
many Linux distros only mounted ntfs partitions as read only for  
safety. However I think it is better now and they generally allow  
write access.

Caroline

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On 13 Feb 2009, at 19:15, Diana Scott <dianascott1 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> I use ubuntu 8.10 dual boot system to use the MS Publisher and store  
> the files in windows xp ntfs file system. Do you think it is a good  
> reliable way to mount the drive in windows xp ntfs format as common  
> storage for both data files from ubuntu 8.10 and windows xp? It is  
> opposed to use fat32 format for linux files and ntfs for windows xp  
> files.
>
> Please advise.
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> Diana
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