NTFS and linux.

[Dr.poRKa]

hi

I installed, mandrake 8.2 on a 6 gig drive (ext3) and i now want to write at my NTFS paratition (40 gig) there are some data i wanne use (see and here ).
but i cant write to that paratition. i already found out on http://linux-ntfs.sf.net that its not able yet to write on ntfs paratitions cuz it has to be coded. so i thought, is it possible to change this ntfs to ext3 ? in linux.. dont have windows.

Someone got an idea to can write/convert to ntfs/ext3, whitout losing data ?

[Hena]

How come you have ntfs drive if you are not usig windows... humhum

Well linux can write to ntfs. Look into file "/usr/src/linux/.config". Now the linux dir might have different name like linux-2.4.17 or something. Check the file .config (eq. "grep NTFS /usr/src/linux/.config") and see what it says on point CONFIG_NTFS_RW. Not set is not set and you need recompile kernel or modules, m means module and y means its loaded.

However since using write on ntfs is NOT recommended, i suggest you copy the info out of the drive and reformat it to ext3 if that is what you want to use. Then recopy info back to drive. I think you can use Partition Magic (commercial software) to resize the drive and save data on itself, but i haven't used partition magic.

[Dr.poRKa]

heheh

arent there no paratition mangeres for linux that can resize ?
if you know one, plz let me know

tnx

[mdwatts]

GNU Parted which is available from freshmeat.net