Re: [Staffslug] Windows/Linux shared partition

Personally I would use NTFS with NTFS-3G rather than an Windows driver

>I'm not trying to be funny or get one over on anybody, it's just that > it seems more sensible to me to use something for mission critical > work that has been built to work with all aspects out in the open. > NTFS is not designed to work with Linux it is designed only for > Windows NT systems and only works under Linux because of the hard work > conducted by many people in our community. That work has been carried > out blindfold in some cases with guess work to get it working. > This was the case a few years back but NTFS-3G is perfectly stable and proven and the company behind has even signed an IP agreement with MS : http://www.tuxera.com/about-us/news/837/ Personally I would use NTFS with NTFS-3G rather than an Windows driver that half supports EXT3 (does not support the journalling as previously mentioned). Tig _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug