I currently have a WinXP based HTPC but am considering moving to Linux. I have very little Linux experience from a long time ago. If I install KnoppMyth on my boot drive will I be able to use my current NTFS formatted drives which contain all of my media files?

Also, is it reasonable to expect that I might work my way through this or is this system recommended for only more experienced Linux users? I've read a fair number of posts on the board and it seems like I should expect to encounter some difficult problems.

Thanks,
Alan

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Alan Cheslow
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For some reason, the Linux NTFS code has been stalled for a very long time now and the driver can read NTFS drives fine, but they do not recommend writing to the disks using the driver or data corruption can result.

Thus, while you may be able to get it to work, it may not be reliable. You should just use a native Linux filesystem (ext2/ext3/xfs/etc.) and call it "done." If you really *must* keep your old recordings on the NTFS drive, you should just buy another drive to install Linux on and then copy the files from the NTFS drive to the Linux drive.



cesman and Dale have done a very good job of making KnopMyth easy to install. If you are a total n00b, though, you should let the auto-installer do its thing and that means giving it the entire drive and not monkeying with oddball foreign partitions. You should be able to work through installing KnopMyth if you have reasonable computer abilities, supported hardware, and a bit of patience.

Mike


Thanks,
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