__/ [ Handover Phist ] on Friday 26 January 2007 23:17 \__
> On 2007-01-26, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> <http://www.ntfs-3g.org/>
>>
>> The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available NTFS driver
>> for Linux with read and write support. It provides safe and fast
>> handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 and
>> Windows Vista file systems. Most POSIX file system operations are
>> supported, with the exception of full file ownership and access right
>> support.
>>
>> . . .
>>
>> The driver currently is in BETA status, which means that no data
>> corruption or loss has been reported during ordinary driver use, nor
>> found in our extensive quality testing before release of the latest
>> version, however we are aware of certain usability issues and driver
>> limitations which are all documented and planned to be resolved in
>> the future. It may be revealing about the high reliability of the
>> NTFS-3G driver that an increasing number of users find hidden
>> hardware faults, and several Microsoft released NTFS bugs during
>> NTFS-3G testing and usage.
>>
>> Naw, say it ain't so!
>>
>> Anyway, you do need to install the FUSE kernel module to use this
>> software.
>
> And all are available in the Debian repositories.
Enjoy it while it's maintained. NTFS is a dying breed that won't be prevalent
for many years to come. WinFS is just an abstraction, so it will suffer from
the same deficiencies such as fragmentation.
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