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Kirill Smelkov
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Aug 07, 2003
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Anton Altaparmakov
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NTFS: Update documentation for Linux kernel 2.6.
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@@ -682,18 +682,18 @@ config UMSDOS_FS
config NTFS_FS
tristate "NTFS file system support"
help
NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000
and XP
.
NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000
, XP and 2003
.
Saying Y or M here enables read support.
There is partial, but safe,
write support available. For write support you must also say Y to
"NTFS write support" below.
Saying Y or M here enables read support.
There is partial, but
safe, write support available. For write support you must also
say Y to
"NTFS write support" below.
There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
ntfsprogs.
These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to
the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11.
A backport to
the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
from the project web site.
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This file system is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
The module will be called ntfs. If you want to compile it as a
The module will be called ntfs.
If you want to compile it as a
module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.
If you are not using Windows NT, 2000
or XP in addition to Linux
on your computer it is safe to say N.
If you are not using Windows NT, 2000
, XP or 2003 in addition to
Linux
on your computer it is safe to say N.
config NTFS_DEBUG
bool "NTFS debugging support"
depends on NTFS_FS
help
If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be
Y here.
This will result in additional consistency checks to be
performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are
disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
be written to the system log.
Note that debugging messages are
disabled by default.
To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active,
to insmod when loading the ntfs module.
Once the driver is active,
you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
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This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
renaming is possible.
changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
be written to.
While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
so far not received a single report where the driver would have
damaged
someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
so far not received a single report where the driver would have
damaged
someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
Note:
While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
is not safe.
This is currently useful with Topologi
-Linux. Topologi-
Linux is run
on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning
your hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions Topologi-Linux does
n
ot need its own partition.
For more information see
This is currently useful with Topologi
Linux. Topologi
Linux is run
on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning
your
hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
n
eed its own partition.
For more information see
<http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
It is perfectly safe to say N here.
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