01-29-2004
The kernel _CAN_ read NTFS partitions containing WinXP installations if you added the module correctly. I read and write files to and from my windows xp partition from linux often, i do believe that there was a post on this forum about how to do this properly, try checking with the search feature.
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LEARN ABOUT SUSE
ntfs-3g.probe
NTFS-3G.PROBE(8) System Manager's Manual NTFS-3G.PROBE(8)
NAME
ntfs-3g.probe - Probe an NTFS volume mountability
SYNOPSIS
ntfs-3g.probe <--readonly|--readwrite> volume
DESCRIPTION
The ntfs-3g.probe utility tests a volume if it's NTFS mountable read-only or read-write, and exits with a status value accordingly. The
volume can be a block device or image file.
OPTIONS
Below is a summary of the options that ntfs-3g.probe accepts.
-r, --readonly
Test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
-w, --readwrite
Test if the volume can be mounted read-write.
-h, --help
Display help and exit.
EXAMPLE
Test if /dev/sda1 can be mounted read-write:
ntfs-3g.probe --readwrite /dev/sda1
EXIT CODES
The exit codes are as follows:
0 Volume is mountable.
11 Syntax error, command line parsing failed.
12 The volume doesn't have a valid NTFS.
13 Inconsistent NTFS, hardware or device driver fault, or unsetup SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware.
14 The NTFS partition is hibernated.
15 The volume was not cleanly unmounted.
16 The volume is already exclusively opened and in use by a kernel driver or software.
17 Unsetup SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware.
18 Unknown reason.
19 Not enough privilege to mount.
20 Out of memory.
21 Unclassified FUSE error.
KNOWN ISSUES
Please see
http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html
for common questions and known issues. If you think you have found an undocumented problem in the latest release of the software then
please send an email describing it in detail. You can contact the development team on the ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net address.
AUTHORS
ntfs-3g.probe was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits (szaka@ntfs-3g.org).
THANKS
Alon Bar-Lev has integrated the utility into the NTFS-3G build process and tested it with Erik Larsson before the public release.
SEE ALSO
ntfs-3g(8)
ntfs-3g.probe 2010.3.6 January 2008 NTFS-3G.PROBE(8)