copying to an ntfs formatted flash drive


 
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Old 12-29-2010
copying to an ntfs formatted flash drive

I copied some files from my Linux EXT4 box to an ntfs flash drive. I have ntfs-3g installed, and the files copied fine, but I could not view them on a Windows box. What happened? Did it not write them using NTFS? Did it mount the drive under a different file-system (is that even possible)?
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Old 01-03-2011
Nope. I don't think that it would mount it as a different filesystem.
When you mount the flash drive, make sure that you're giving the type as ntfs-3g. It's also always good to check if the drive is correctly mounted at the place where you want it and the type, etc. Just do a
Code:
mount

One more important point is that make sure you un-mount the flash drive before connecting it to the Windows box. Just do
Code:
umount folder-where-you-mounted-it

 
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