[ale] NTFS-based systems at the installfest

[James P. Kinney III]

The ntfs module is not needed for dual boot support. It is only needed
for read access to an ntfs partition. 

As ntfs write support is still VERY experimental, and will probably stay
that way for a long time, not having on the default setup is actually a
good thing. It keeps a CN (Clueless Newbie) from hosing their Win2K
partition while logged in as root and blaming it on RedHat or Linux in
general.

ntfs write support will probably always be a dangerous option as the
filesystem for M$ seems to be changed about every major service pack.

On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 17:16, Fulton Green wrote:
> I've written about the lack of NTFS support for Red Hat before, but just as
> a heads-up for you installers this weekend just in case I'm unable to make
> it ...
> 
> As of 8.0, Red Hat is sill excluding NTFS support (the ntfs.o module) from
> its Linux distro. If you encounter someone that wants to dual-boot Linux
> with an NTFS-based OS (NT, 2000, XP), make sure you DON'T choose the Red Hat
> distro for them (I do know that Mandrake and Slackware have NTFS support,
> and I *think* Debian has it as well).  Depending on you and/or your target
> user's comfort level, you might want to add the "ro" (read-only) option to
> the corresponding /etc/fstab entry.
> 
> Cheers ...
> 
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