Hey Nikhil, Yeh u got it right, NTFS support in Linux is experimental and does not have write support yet. To access Linux from Windows you could use something like explore2fs. The best approach for using Windows, with NTFS and Linux on the same machine would be to setup a separate FAT32 partition on which u store all the files u need access across Operating Systems. I use the NTFS partition on my computer only for System/Program files. This way, you could use store all the Documents, Media Files etc on the fat32 system and happily access it from Linux and Windows. I am sure u will get some more worthwhile suggestions, I just thought this would help.

On Monday 28 October 2002 07:46 pm, Nikhil D. Kikkeri wrote:

hello,

i use Mandrake 9.0 with ext3 file system and Win XP with NTFS.

I am able to properly mount my Windows partition and read the files stored in that partition.

However I am not able to copy any of my files from any of my linux folders back to XP.Windows is protected by a password.Hence I tried to make the relevant folders shareable through windows which didnt help.changing permissions through linux didnt help either, because it simply doesnt allow me to make the windows folders writeable.

is it something regarding the issues that Linux has with NTFS that does not allow me to do this?

Will the use of Samba help me in this regard?

thanks -NDK

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