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Subject: Re: Why is proper NTFS-driver difficult?
From: Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com>
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On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 19:54 +0200, Martin Olsson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full 
> writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to 
> implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper 
> NTFS support been neglected?
> 
> Is there any file system I can use which satisfies these criteria:
> A) works in both Linux and Windows
> B) handle >4GB files
> C) handle 120GB partitions

UDF meets A & B. I don't if it meets C.

Dax