Need to transfer a big file to my NTFS partition..

[Imek]

Hi,

I downloaded a big file (too big to fit on a CD or download again in any reasonable amount of time) and now I need to put it on my NTFS partition. However, I can't use rfstools in windows because for some insane reason it always says 'the device is not ready' and refuses to read my reiserfs partition. As far as I know, NTFS write support will only overwrite files of the same size, making it utterly useless for me. Does anyone know any other method I could use to transfer the file to my NTFS partition?

Thanks,

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[NeddySeagoon]

Imek,

1. Move it to another networked PC, then pick it up from there.
2. Zip it onto CD
3. Split it across several CDs
4. Create a dummy file on the NTFS filesystem the right size
Then trust linux to overwrite it.
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[justin sane]

Have you tried Captive yet?

http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/

It should write to the NTFS partition from Linux, but I've noticed that occasionally Windows (XP) doesn't see the files Captive writes to the NTFS partition. It's worth a try anyway, if Windows doesn't see it the first time you could always try copying it again.