README
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2INTRODUCTION
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4
5The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available read/write NTFS driver
6for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, Solaris and Haiku. It provides safe and
7fast handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows
8Vista, and Windows Server 2008 file systems.
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10The purpose of the project is to develop, continuously quality test and
11support a trustable, featureful and high performance solution for hardware
12platforms and operating systems whose users need to reliably interoperate
13with NTFS. Besides this practical goal, the project also aims to explore
14the limits of the hybrid, kernel/user space filesystem driver approach,
15performance, reliability and feature richness per invested effort wise.
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17The driver is in STABLE status. The test methods, the test suites used
18can be found at
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20 http://ntfs-3g.org/quality.html
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22News, support answers, problem submission instructions, support and discussion
23forums, performance numbers and other information are available on the project
24web site at
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26 http://ntfs-3g.org
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29QUICK INSTALLATION
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32Linux: Make sure you have the basic development tools and the kernel includes
33the FUSE kernel module. Then type:
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35 ./configure
36 make
37 make install # or 'sudo make install' if you aren't root.
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39Please note that NTFS-3G doesn't require the FUSE user space package anymore.
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41Non-Linux: Please see the NTFS-3G web page for OS specific installation and
42source packages.
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44
45USAGE
46=====
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48If there was no error during installation then the NTFS volume can be
49read-write mounted for everybody the following way as the root user
50(unmount the volume if it was already mounted, and replace /dev/sda1
51and /mnt/windows, if needed):
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53 mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows
54or
55 ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows
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57Please see the ntfs-3g manual page for more options and examples.
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59You can also make NTFS to be mounted during boot by putting the below
60line at the __END__ of the /etc/fstab file:
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62 /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
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