On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote: > Ritika Garg a écrit : >> CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package >> kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm >> I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from >> the hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. >> > > I've been following this thread, and I'm wondering: why bother with NTFS > in the first place? If you have a mixed environment where you need > Windows to access your external hard disk, you might as well format it > with a FAT filesystem. Linux supports FAT natively, without making you > jump through burning loops. External USB drives, USB sticks, and iSCSI devices. USB sticks, in particular, are often pre-formatted with NTFS.