Moonbase
04-21-2009, 03:07 PM
Is ntfs-3g installed and/or supported on vortexbox?
Reason: I want to backup to an external (USB) hard disc but I need this disc to be readable by Windows machines, including ALL fancy foreign characters.
So the only option would be using NTFS, since its Windows-native, and halfway failsafe. Also, NTFS supports the POSIX character set which would allow me to
— save all my files using UTF-8 filenames on Vortexbox,
— see their correct names in Windows and on Macs via the Samba file shares,
— convert UTF-8 into UTF-16 Unicode used by Windows NTFS on-the-fly while copying (backing up) to the external HDD,
— and still be able to connect the external drive to a Windows (XP/Vista/7) PC via USB and read/write it seeing/using the correct character set.
Reason: I want to backup to an external (USB) hard disc but I need this disc to be readable by Windows machines, including ALL fancy foreign characters.
So the only option would be using NTFS, since its Windows-native, and halfway failsafe. Also, NTFS supports the POSIX character set which would allow me to
— save all my files using UTF-8 filenames on Vortexbox,
— see their correct names in Windows and on Macs via the Samba file shares,
— convert UTF-8 into UTF-16 Unicode used by Windows NTFS on-the-fly while copying (backing up) to the external HDD,
— and still be able to connect the external drive to a Windows (XP/Vista/7) PC via USB and read/write it seeing/using the correct character set.