Functionality Question

Functionality Question

[Shon W. Harris]

I know that the Kernel has NTFS Read Only Functionality, so if you have a
dual boot system you can read files off the NTFS Partition.

My Question if you are using a PowerPC/Apple Based Machine, would it be
possible to add in functionality for read/write access between your Linux
Partition on the machine and the Mac OS X File System.

Now dont get me wrong, I just want to get the opinion of the readers on
the list. I have started working on the code to make it work, but I want
to know if it is somthing that could be supported in the 2.5.x or 2.6.x
Version of the Kernel,

And the same goes for NTFS and Linux Partitions, why cant you have write
able access to a NTFS partition? I have had it explained to me in the ways
"it is not stable" or "Not secure"

Can someone explain this better to me.

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Re: Functionality Question

[Matthew J. Fanto]

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 20:51, Shon W. Harris wrote:
> And the same goes for NTFS and Linux Partitions, why cant you have write
> able access to a NTFS partition? I have had it explained to me in the ways
> "it is not stable" or "Not secure"
> 
> Can someone explain this better to me.
> 

The reason you cannot write to an NTFS partition is we just haven't had time
to write the code. All the NTFS developers (including myself) are very busy.
Once we get some free time, we will be working hard on it. We understand most
of the NTFS filesystem, so thats not the problem. It's just a lack of free 
time.

Regards,
Matthew J. Fanto <mattjf@uncompiled.com>
Linux-NTFS Project
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net