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INTRODUCTION
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The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available read/write NTFS driver
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for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, and Haiku. It provides safe and fast
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handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows
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Vista file systems. Most POSIX file system operations are supported, and
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full file ownership and permission support is also coming along fast.
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The purpose of the project is to develop, continuously quality test and
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support a trustable, featureful and high performance solution for hardware
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platforms and operating systems whose users need to reliably interoperate
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with NTFS. Besides this practical goal, the project also aims to explore
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the limits of the hybrid, kernel/user space filesystem driver approach,
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performance, reliability and feature richness per invested effort wise.
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The driver is in STABLE status. The test methods, the test suites used and
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testimonials can be found on
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http://www.ntfs-3g.org/quality.html
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News, support answers, problem submission instructions, support and discussion
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forums, performance numbers and other information are available on the project
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web site at
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http://www.ntfs-3g.org
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QUICK INSTALLATION
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==================
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Linux: Make sure you have the basic development tools and the kernel includes
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the FUSE kernel module. Then type:
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./configure
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make
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make install # or 'sudo make install' if you aren't root.
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Please note that NTFS-3G doesn't require the FUSE user space package anymore.
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Non-Linux: Please see the NTFS-3G web page for OS specific installation and
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source packages.
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USAGE
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=====
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If there was no error during installation then the NTFS volume can be
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read-write mounted for everybody the following way (unmount the volume if
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it was already mounted, and replace /dev/sda1 and /mnt/windows, if needed):
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mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows
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or
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ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows
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If your Operating System vendor didn't setup your language specific settings
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then you may also need to set the 'locale' mount option to make all filenames
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with national characters visible. Replace the below en_US.UTF-8 with the
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appropriate setting. You can find more information about his topic at
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http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#locale
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mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -o locale=en_US.UTF-8
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Please see the ntfs-3g manual page for more options and examples.
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You can also make NTFS to be mounted during boot by putting the below
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line at the __END__ of the /etc/fstab file:
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/dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
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