From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Gelm Subject: Re: Writing/deleting NTFS files?? Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:40:46 -0500 Message-ID: <454ABA3E.4020702@gelm.net> References: <20061102200743.GB1570@lnx2.kvinet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20061102200743.GB1570@lnx2.kvinet.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: haltec@kvinet.com Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hal wrote: >My daughter got into trouble with her XP machine so I offered to save >the files she wants, using a Linux CD, then re-installing.. > >Trouble is; the needed files are bigger than my flash drive or Zip >disks so I thought I would delete some files known bad.. But Linux >kernel 2.6.11 or 2.6.13 cannot write to a NTFS drive; read only.. > >Has this been changed or fixed, maybe with another kernel or >program?? Mounting the XP drive partition no problem.. Chmod doesn't >work of course.. :^(.. > >Any suggestions.. TIA > >Best, > > > Hi, Hal: CD/R, DVD/R, nfs/samba to another computer via network crossover cable, remove HD and mount to another computer and copy files,... HTH, Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs