[oe] union fs

[Szabolcs Szakacsits]

Mike (mwester <mwester <at> dls.net> writes:
> 
> According to the official docs, due to limitations of the fuse driver 
> for 2.4 kernels, ntfs-3g on such old kernels is prone to data loss. 
> This is a fuse problem, but effectively if you value your NTFS 
> partition's consistency, it means that ntfs-3g on such old kernels 
> should be read-only.
> 
> On 2.6, ntfs-3g works wonderfully on all the devices in read and write 
> modes, and is the driver I recommend for NTFS support on the SlugOS 
> (ARM) distro.
> 
> Sorry for not being more clear.

I see, thank you for the explanation. I think we should have better documented 
this ntfs-3g issue, sorry about it.

Everything is as safe with the 2.4 kernels as with the 2.6 ones if after umount 
one makes sure that the ntfs-3g process is terminated before a device is 
detached or the box is powered down. This can be ensured automatic e.g. by a 
few shell commands. 

Regards,  Szaka

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