On Wed, 2019-03-13 at 21:57 +0100, Linux-Fan wrote: > > On 3/13/19 3:43 PM, Thomas D Dial wrote: > > [...] > > > > I contacted a relative who does this routinely. Windows > > > alternately, I > > > contacted a relative who does this routinely about the initial > > > queston > > > about writing to NTFS file systems from Linux and Windows > > > alternately. > > > Although he does this in a dual boot environment, and with either > > > Ubuntu > > > or Mint, they should be similar enough to Debian and the proposed > > > use to > > > be meaningful. > > > > > > He did not report problems with NTFS as such, but mentioned > > > possible > > > OneDrive sync issues and inability of Linux to write to a Windows > > > drive > > > if it was closed down in a locked state. I knew nothing of such a > > > "locked state" and Google search for it indicated only issues that > > > suggest prior file system corruption that needed chkdsk or SFC > > > (and > > > possibly bootrec, or even Windows refresh or reinstall), so > > > probably not > > > a meaningful barrier. > > > > > > Prior testing would be appropriate, with verification of the 90% > > > or more > > > most common use cases, maybe with help of a relatively > > > knowledgable user > > > or a few of them. > > [...] > > The locked state might be from a feature introduced in Windows 8: > Windows > does not shut down by default but rather goes into suspend-to-disk. If > the > data is accessed from another OS while Windows is suspended, Windows' > and > the other OS' view on the data may be inconsistent and cause file > system > corruption. > > https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance- > winpc/win10-fast-start-up-quick-boot-warning-suggestion/5fec376c- > d876-4033-85f6-32c2d2cb5e03 > > So for external drives there should not be an issue as long as they > are > unmounted/disconnected properly prior to a Windows shutdown or > alternatively > one can disable "Fast Startup" completely to avoid its risks. > Thank you for the explanation, and reference, which makes sense and persuades me to make sure fast startup/quick boot is disabled on the small number of Windows things on my network. The floundering fix I mentioned in an earlier post may well have been made necessary by this "feature." Most of the systems here are on all the time, and I rarely am in such a hurry that a minute or so to boot from cold would be a problem.
Tom > HTH > Linux-Fan > > OT: Last time I e-mailed the list, my mail's signature could not be > verified > successfuly in (at least not in my e-mail client)... I am not sure how > to > debug this so it might again be signed incorrectly? :(
