filesystem compatibility ?

[mobidyc]

Hello,

i want transfer files from my linux to an usb hard drive for windows, how can i do?

# mkdosfs -F 32
# mount -t msdos -o codepage=850
all files are transfered in 8 characters encoding
if i package all the files in one packages, i can't transfer the package because it is >4Gb

# mkntfs -Q -N 3.1
# mount -t ntfs -o rw,utf8,posix=1
when i try to write on it, it says me : permission denied.
however, i have the NTFS_RW feature compiled into the kernel, i'm root.

what can i do?

please help me ;(
thanks

[alphonce]

use fat32 (vfat); support more than 8 characters and you are able to read/write from it.
the ntfs write ability is highly expremental and you can only change already existing files.
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no computer at the moment!

[mobidyc]

thanks alphonce,

my format was good, not my mount thanks to you

[mirojira]

In order to overwrite file on an NTFS partition you can use ntfscp command, wich is part of ntfsprogs

[mobidyc]

thanks mirojira, i will test it later.

for the moment, vfat is fine