Re: NTFS bugs

Steve Dodd (dirk@loth.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:40:17 +0000


On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 10:59:46AM +0100, Goran Gajic wrote:

> I guess that not much Linux users have Micro$oft NT installed on same
> machine with Linux. I'm sorry if this was already reported, but if
> NTFS write is enabled commands like rm and mv will remain in D state
> if you try to rm or mv anything from NT partition. NTFS write support
> was ok in 2.1.xx kernels and I think in early 2.2.xx.

NTFS write support is broken in some subtle and some less than subtle ways --
and has been since the beginning, AFAIK. It shouldn't even compile in 2.3.
I guess I'm going to have to find some time to have a look at it :-/

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