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Re: [tlug] dual boot - Windows/Linux



Keith Bawden wrote:
> On 9/27/07, Nguyen Vu Hung <vu-hung@example.com> wrote:
>  > I've used NTFS but it was too buggy so I gave up.
>
> The last time I tried to access NTFS stuff was around a year ago doing
> some data recovery using a Knoppix cd. Whilst I managed to rescue the
> data it was dog slow (could have been for a multitude of reasons). My
> gut tells me it was NTFS at blame.
>   

I have been using read only NTFS access without problems for several
years.  I just noticed ntfs3g[1] which is a fuse based read/write
capable NTFS driver, which claims to be very stable.  I will give it a
try now.

> fat32 is what I would recommend,
The problem with fat32 is that it doesn't work well with large
filesystems >32G and doesn't support files over 4G.  Both are distinct
possibilities if you are doing video work.

Edward

1. http://www.ntfs-3g.org/


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