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Title: using an existing USB ntfs disk on sme server
Post by: ruud on March 02, 2006, 10:52:04 PM

all,

On my windows system i have an USB harddisk connected.
I like to use that disk on my SME server and share it as a samba disk
Can i just connect it, mount it and use it, without loosing my existing data ?

thnx

Title: using an existing USB ntfs disk on sme server
Post by: dsemuk on March 03, 2006, 11:55:29 PM

This thread may help you:

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=29887.0

Dave

Title: using an existing USB ntfs disk on sme server
Post by: dmay on March 08, 2006, 06:49:05 PM

Your better off going in the other direction. Linux does not currently provide full support for NTFS. This is a work in progress.

Windows XP can support Linux ext2/3 with the addition of an ext2 VFS driver:

http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html

Discussed in this thread:

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=29872.0

Darrell