[ale] Is NTFS RO??

Michael H. Warfield mhw at wittsend.com
Thu Mar 15 15:28:35 EST 2001


On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 08:34:10AM -0500, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Thanks for the info.  He put Linux on his system so he could move his
> boot drive from one partion to another, but I guess that won't work
> since he's got NTFS.  The partitions are different sizes, so copying raw
> partitions might not work.

	Look into partition magic for copying and resizing partitions.

> Thanks,
> Jim.

> Jim Lynch wrote:
> > 
> > I helped a friend install Linux on his desktop.  It also has NTFS
> > partions.  When he attemps to mount and write to them, it says
> > permission denied.  Permission bits seem OK.  I recall a while back that
> > NTFS was RO, is that still true?
> > 
> > This is a 2.2.17 kernel.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jim.
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