NTFS is read only on the Mac.

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Post #206,567 by SpiceWare 5/8/05 10:05:50 PM Reply	NTFS is read only on the Mac. My mom ran into that with her new iBook and her existing external drive. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #206,572 by Another Scott 5/8/05 10:41:41 PM Reply	That's the safest thing. Similarly on Linux too, AFAIK. Though I've seen some R/W Linux NTFS drivers. Since there are half-a-dozen NTFS variations, and since MS hasn't published the full specification (again AFAIK), it's safest to have NTFS support be read-only. There really should be a reasonably full-featured, safe, open file system that all of the major OSes support. NTFS would seem to be a natural choice, but we know how MS is... It's a pain, but such is life. Maybe in 10 years, when everything is networked, it won't matter any more for most users. Cheers, Scott.
Post #206,583 by pwhysall 5/9/05 1:14:45 AM Reply	Re: That's the safest thing. Similarly on Linux too, AFAIK. Google "Captive NTFS" for R/W NTFS on Linux. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

So I bought this 300 GB Seagate IDE drive.... - (Another Scott) - (18) - May 4, 2005, 09:35:08 PM EDT

Theres a w2k issue.... - (bepatient) - (17) - May 4, 2005, 09:48:04 PM EDT

I format fat32 drives with... - (folkert) - May 4, 2005, 10:46:18 PM EDT

FAT32's not an issue. :-) - (Another Scott) - (15) - May 4, 2005, 11:52:31 PM EDT

Only 128 GB on Athlon64 USB2 also... -NT - (Another Scott) - (14) - May 5, 2005, 10:02:05 AM EDT

What I told Yendor... with the exact same Drive you have... - (folkert) - (2) - May 5, 2005, 03:10:02 PM EDT

Interesting idea. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 5, 2005, 03:15:14 PM EDT

More than likely it would work. - (folkert) - May 5, 2005, 03:28:24 PM EDT

Formatted internally to ~ 280 GB OK. - (Another Scott) - (10) - May 8, 2005, 03:06:32 PM EDT

EXACT WHY I SAID... - (folkert) - (6) - May 8, 2005, 09:17:38 PM EDT

OK! OK! I'll try it when I get some time. - (Another Scott) - (5) - May 8, 2005, 09:22:55 PM EDT

Kingwin Mini Shuttle MS-350U-BK works fine. - (Another Scott) - (4) - May 13, 2005, 07:19:17 PM EDT

Okay. - (folkert) - (3) - May 14, 2005, 10:07:34 AM EDT

<Bawk, Bawk> - (Another Scott) - (2) - May 14, 2005, 10:35:48 AM EDT

I had a revelation a while back. - (pwhysall) - (1) - May 14, 2005, 03:07:32 PM EDT

Mac + Firewire = Made for each other. - (Another Scott) - May 14, 2005, 04:14:33 PM EDT

NTFS is read only on the Mac. - (SpiceWare) - (2) - May 8, 2005, 10:05:50 PM EDT

That's the safest thing. Similarly on Linux too, AFAIK. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 8, 2005, 10:41:41 PM EDT

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