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10 Oct 2024 08:20:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Linux really costs a _lot_ more than $40  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 24 Oct 2008 18:13:22
Message: <49024882@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> ntfs-3g can write safely to NTFS partitions.
> 
> Yes, but since (as I understand it) you need a copy of ntfs.sys on your
> Linux partition to make that work, Linux first has to already be booted
> and capable of mounting the right drive and finding ntfs.sys to copy it.
> I guess you could do it, but it certainly sounds ... messy. :-)

No, that's the old and unsafe system. ntfs-3g is an actual implementation of
the NTFS filesystem.


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