Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Jan 2003 15:48:04 +0100 (CET) | From | Pawel Kot <> | Subject | Re: [ANN] ntfsprogs (formerly Linux-NTFS) 1.7.0beta released |
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On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 04:05:50PM +0100, Pawel Kot wrote: > > > There exists a new ntfs driver called NTFS-TNG, which is present already > > in 2.5.x kernel series and it has its backport to the 2.4.x kernel series > > (you'll find it at http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/). > > > > This driver has no write support yet, but it allows you to overwrite the > > files, without changing their attributes and size (ie. mmap() the file, > > change the contents, write() the file). And the overwrite is considered > > safe. > > Is this stable enough to allow you to put an ext2 image on an NTFS > partition and then mount that image as a r/w loopback mount from > Linux?
Yes.
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