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SubjectRe: Linux-2.6.9 won't allow a write to a NTFS file-system.
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Horst von Brand wrote:

> linux-os <linux-os@chaos.analogic.com> said:
>
> [...]
>
>> Huh? Are we talking about the same thing? I'm talking about
>> the NTFS that Windows/NT and later versions puts on its
>> file-systems. I use an USB external disk with my M$ Laptop
>> and I have always been able to transfer data to/from
>> my machines using that drive. Now I can't. The drive it
>> writable under M$, but I can't even delete anything
>> (no permission for root) under Linux.
>
> Looks like you reformated from the original VFAT (== Win9x) to NTFS.
> --
> Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org
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>

The plot thickens. My 2.4.x system had the ntfs.sys adapter module.
I just re-partitioned and re-formatted the drive to FAT-32.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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