Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 06:41:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 06:40:51 -0400 Received: from www.nobugconsulting.ro ([212.93.142.140]:41478 "EHLO nobugconsulting.ro") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 06:40:39 -0400 X-RAV-AntiVirus: This e-mail has been scanned for viruses Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:35:30 +0300 (EEST) From: To: Wayne.Brown@altec.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Current status of NTFS support In-Reply-To: <86256A34.0079A841.00@smtpnotes.altec.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I have installed a Win2000 and you do not have to switch to NTFS. W2000 can be installed on a FAT32 partition. I have installed it on a FAT32 partition and hasn't caused me any problems. You might wanna give it a try. good luck, /me On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 Wayne.Brown@altec.com wrote: > > > Where does write support for NTFS stand at the moment? I noticed that it's > still marked "Dangerous" in the kernel configuration. This is important to me > because it looks like I'll have to start using it next week. My office laptop > is going to be "upgraded" from Windows 98 to 2000. Of course, I hardly ever > boot into Windows any more since installing a Linux partition last year. But > our corporate email standard forces me to use Lotus Notes, which I run under > Wine. The Notes executables and databases are installed on my Windows > partition. The upgrade, though, will involve wiping the hard drive, allocating > the whole drive to a single NTFS partition, and reinstalling Notes after > installing Windows 2000 . That means bye-bye FAT32 partition and hello NTFS. I > can't mount it read-only because I'll still have to update my Notes databases > from Linux. So how risky is this? > > Also, I'll have to recreate my Linux partitions after the upgrade. Does anyone > know if FIPS can split a partition safely that was created under Windows > 2000/NT? It worked fine for Windows 98, but I'm a little worried about what > might happen if I try to use it on an NTFS partition. > > I'd appreciate any advice or help anyone can give me. There's just no way I can > stand going back to using anything but Linux for my daily work. > > Wayne > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" 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.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" 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.tux.org/lkml/