which distro will install on ntfs? if any?

#1 Linwood

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Posted 23 February 2003 - 10:43 PM

topic says it all, just looking for something to switch over to rather than have to switch hard drives (cant resize this part.)

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Posted 24 February 2003 - 01:08 AM

Nope. Currently, there is preliminary support for reading NTFS filesystems, but attempting to write to one still causes major filesystem corruption. Therefore, you won't find a Linux distribution that will install top NTFS.

However, if you're planning on swithing over, why not just repartition the hard drive?

#3 Yuyo

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Posted 02 March 2003 - 02:05 PM

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topic says it all, just looking for something to switch over to rather than have to switch hard drives (cant resize this part.)

Linwood

If you don't need the NTFS partition, delete it. IF you do, Mandrake 9.1 allows you to resize your NTFS partition and create empty space where you may install your Linux system.

It goes without saying that Linux performs best with its native filesystems. XFS, JFS, ext3 and Reiserfs are all good and stable.

I recommend ext3 for backwards compatibility if you are just beginning to dabble in Linux.

Best of luck