[SWLUG] NTFS and Linux

[Gareth Bowker]

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 15:26 +0000, Davage, Marcus wrote:

> 1. Can Linux read NTFS partitions? It would save a lot of trouble if
> it could!

Yes it can.

> 2. Can I share a partition (RW, NTFS preferrably) between Linux and
> Win2K?

I've never been brave enough to enable NTFS write support - it's noted
in the kernel config as "DANGEROUS!". Personally I'd create a shared
partition as FAT32, but the support to write to NTFS filesystems is
there if you're feeling brave and/or foolish ;)

Gareth