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Fabrux
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Anyone know of a way to get Linux to like and use NTFS? My laptop has gone all screwy and I may be able to copy the contents of the hard drive if I can get a Linux distro to operate with NTFS...

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Daniel Butler
I'm a Singapore where is my boat
Member # 1689

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NTFS-3g. Most distros will have it in their package repositories; for example, for Ubuntu, do "sudo aptitude install ntfs-3g" (although Ubuntu has it installed by default IIRC), or from Gentoo, something like "sudo emerge ntfs-3g".

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Fabrux
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Aha, so, will this let me install Ubuntu on an NTFS drive? Because, what I would need to do is install Ubuntu on the leftover space on my laptop's NTFS drive, plug in an external disk and copy the files over...

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B.J.
Space Cadet
Member # 858

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With Ubuntu, can't you just run it from a Live CD? That way, you wouldn't even need to install it.

Disclaimer: I've never used Ubuntu or any Linux version, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!

[ July 18, 2008, 07:32 AM: Message edited by: B.J. ]

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Daniel Butler
I'm a Singapore where is my boat
Member # 1689

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Yes, you can. Just pop the disc in and restart your computer; it won't install anything and you can run it from the CDROM drive, and access your harddrives and all other hardware and do what you need to do, Fabrux. Also, it's not possible to install two operating systems of any kind on the same partition, regardless of filesystem.

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