@Flox @avan @wdc @Hooverdan @GeoffA
Maybe we should be including this package by default in our installer? I’m assuming it’s available in our regular repositories. I’ve got a list of smaller nice-to-have additional programs lined up in the following installer issue.
https://github.com/rockstor/rockstor-installer/issues/85
I’m super keen to keep things as small as possible but it’s not that uncommon for folks to want to import from ntfs. And if this package isn’t too large it may be worth it’s weight to ease the way for folks wanting to do this.
From a quick look it’s not tiny but it’s not MB’s either, plus it’s from one of our included repositories.
zypper info ntfs-3g
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Information for package ntfs-3g:
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Repository : Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
Name : ntfs-3g
Version : 2021.8.22-3.8.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/>
Installed Size : 306.8 KiB
Installed : Yes
Status : up-to-date
Source package : ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2021.8.22-3.8.1.src
Summary : NTFS Support in Userspace
Description :
NTFS-3G allows for read/write access to NTFS partitions which can be
shared with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows
Vista and Windows Seven.
I had thought this type of file system access was already in-kernel actually. Maybe we get this in Leap 15.4.
Your thoughts folks.