[ale] Is NTFS RO??

Jim Lynch jwl at sgi.com
Thu Mar 15 08:34:10 EST 2001


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.

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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