There is a new package available - ntfs-3g which is a writeable version of the ntfs filesystem. Since it is command line only, I wouldn't recommend it for beginners yet. In order to test it you have to connect a USB drive, unmount the drive from the command line and then remount it using the new ntfs-3g driver.
This is the open source version of the driver which has not been fully optimised. There is a commercially available version which would be faster. It has yet to be determined whether or not this will cause problems for the box. When mounting a drive you will see the following message:
If there are no reported problems af123 may produce another version of the firmware which will use this driver instead of the current read-only driver and I will look into upgrading the kernel. I have no problems with compiling the kernel but I do not have any details on the boot process on these boxes. I am a bit wary of bricking my box if I attempt to update the kernel.
Usage:
Connect a NTFS formatted drive.
From the command line:
When you have finished accessing the drive unmount using the usual umount command it before disconnecting the device.
Thanks to af123 for packaging it.
PS. There is a small bug in the existing package. It should create the directory /mod/dev when it is first installed but it can be created manually for now (hopefully this should be fixed soon)
This is the open source version of the driver which has not been fully optimised. There is a commercially available version which would be faster. It has yet to be determined whether or not this will cause problems for the box. When mounting a drive you will see the following message:
Code:
WARNING: Deficient Linux kernel detected. Some driver features are
not available (swap file on NTFS, boot from NTFS by LILO), and
unmount is not safe unless it's made sure the ntfs-3g process
naturally terminates after calling 'umount'. If you wish this
message to disappear then you should upgrade to at least kernel
version 2.6.20, or request help from your distribution to fix
the kernel problem. The below web page has more information:
http://tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#fuse26
Usage:
Connect a NTFS formatted drive.
From the command line:
mount |grep ntfs
umount the the existing mount point
ntfs-3g /dev/sd[a-z][0-9] /media/drive[0-9]
When you have finished accessing the drive unmount using the usual umount command it before disconnecting the device.
Thanks to af123 for packaging it.
PS. There is a small bug in the existing package. It should create the directory /mod/dev when it is first installed but it can be created manually for now (hopefully this should be fixed soon)