Linux filesystem

[ToiletDuck]

Just to double check. If I create something in linux using a 64bit version of the OS there is no way for me to transfer the file onto an NTFS drive so that I could use it in windows is there?
Duck

[TactX]

Yes and no. Normally you can access NTFS only for reading. Writing is possible when write-support is enabled but highly critical and _not_ recommended. What you might want to try is the captive ntfs module (http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/) which supports read/write access using some files of your Windows XP installation (ntoskrnl.exe,...). I don't know if there is a limitation on 32-Bit architectures. You have to do some research for yourself.

Hope that helps :D

[ferocious]

well, you could use an ext2/3fs driver for windows ..
there are some solutions on the net such as EXT2IFS (Free) or Ext2fs Anywhere from Paragon (commercial)

is there any FS could be used easily with Windows/Linux w/o 3rd party drivers that supports >2GB large files ?

[jggimi]

is there any FS could be used easily with Windows/Linux w/o 3rd party drivers that supports >2GB large files ?FAT32 supports files <= 4GB, supported by all current Windows versions, all common Linux platforms. NTFS is effectively read-only to Linux, and only available on NT-based Windows systems.

[TactX]

Originally posted by jggimi
FAT32 supports files <= 4GB, supported by all current Windows versions, all common Linux platforms.
I don't know why, but the linux FAT driver only supports file <=2GB.

tactx@cray:/temp$ cat /dev/hde > testfile
File size limit exceeded
tactx@cray:/temp$ ls -l testfile
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tactx tactx 2147483647 Feb 22 20:13 testfile

Anybody knows why?