any linux distro using the linux 2.6 kernel can read from NTFS partitions safely. Kernel 2.4 can also, but the NTFS driver it uses is very dangerouskof2k said:you pick just the right distro. mandrake is very good for picking up ntfs. mandrake should have pick up your ntfs partion right away.
I'm pretty sure you can write files of any size, but they have to be the same size as the file you are overwriting. There's work in progress on a wrapper for ntfs.sys, but it's just that, a WIP.Kirby said:any linux distro using the linux 2.6 kernel can read from NTFS partitions safely. Kernel 2.4 can also, but the NTFS driver it uses is very dangerous
But as Betamax stated, reading of NTFS is supported, but writing is barely supported. Writing very small files to NTFS is supported by the kernel (dunno how small is small, but it's not very big...not even for small text documents).
yeah it is there :thumb:scottlc said:Mandrake usually sets up mount points your NTFS partitions at install time. Try /mnt/windows. Though, the last time I used Mandrake was almost a year ago. Using Ubuntu 5.04 now which is much nicer in my opinion.
heh, power user... it's gonna take me a while, I'll have to get lot of knowlage about linux~{SuMgYe}~ said:Best advice I can give is also probably the most vague: be persistant. Doing ordinary things in linux has gotten a LOT easier, but taking the step to linux power-user makes windows look like childsplay. That said - linux has a LOT more to offer. My latest joy has been playing WoW in cedega on linux (running a lightweight window manager and nothing else), and having it run more smoothly than in windows. Go figure.