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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pete Hatton wrote: > > As for write support, looking at > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/status.html it appears that write > support is labeled as "this may nuke your data" I suspect it will always be thus as it is a moving target, just create a FAT32 partition to exchange data via on dual boot systems, with read only NTFS this should be sufficient for most purposes. Sure you can't fix your bust NT installs from Linux, but then you can't fix your bust Linux installs from NT easily either. Modern filesystems are complex beasties, and trusting your data to re-engineered implementations is likely to introduce more risk than most people need. Just because software exists doesn't make it wise/sensible/safe (delete as applicable) to use it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/HnAgGFXfHI9FVgYRAuPGAKCTncZE4aYsX2EhemCgP9mmWv4S+ACeLdP7 0p7TB49PMgb3lacO39Eamdo= =uIAr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.