9.5
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- System requirements
- Installation
- Using The Driver
- Mount options
- Additional Utilities
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting processes
- Mount troubleshooting
- The install.sh script can’t find kernel sources
- Can’t compile the NTFS/HFS+ for Linux driver
- “Can’t load module” message at the end of installation
- ufsd module: kernel-module version mismatch
- ufsd module: create_module: operation is not permitted
- insmod: a module named as ufsd already exists
- insmod: Unknown symbol jnl_op (err0)
- Can’t mount NTFS/HFS+ volume
- Hardware issues
- Sysdump utility
- UFSD driver compatibility
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What are 'minor errors' reported by chkntfs utility?
- Warnings on Windows7/Vista when NTFS HDD is reconnected from Linux
- Recently changed file has its modification time a few hours ahead of or behind the current system time. Why?
- Why does mount option A make driver ignore mount option B?
- Does the driver have an optimization for avoiding data fragmentation?
- Why a lot of memory is used for volume mounting?
- Why the disk can't be dismounted?
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Note: NTFS, HFS+ and exFAT drivers for Linux as well as utilities were written using UFSD SDK.
1.3 How UFSD works on Linux
Modern operating systems are based on the concept of Installable File System drivers (IFS). User
simply needs to provide an operating system with the proper file system driver to work with the file
system in usual manner. Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 includes NTFS and HFS+ drivers
for Linux environment. Once appropriate components of Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 are
installed, the operating system can mount these file systems and work with directories/files stored on
the file systems.
1.4 Key features
Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 is released in the Express and Professional Editions. All of the
products share the following features:
• Transparent read-write access to NTFS and HFS+ volumes — single Kernel module provides sup-
port both NTFS and HFS+ file systems;
• High performance (in some cases even better than Ext4 FS);
• Easy installation and uninstallation (assistant scripts);
• Support for the latest Linux Kernels and distributions;
• Support for SMP kernels;
• Support for iSCSI and SSD storages;
• File sharing over network via SAMBA;
• Low CPU load during data transfers;
• Unlimited file and volume size (within NTFS/HFS+ and Kernel limitations).
What’s new in Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5
• Support for Kernel versions from 2.6.36 up to 4.12.x;
• Added read support of new system compression methods on NTFS from Windows 10/Server 2016;
• Improved xattr and symlink support;
• Overall performance enhancements;
• Stability improvements in unsafe removal scenarios;
• Improved automounting script (Professional version).
NTFS specific features:
• NTFS versions 1.2, 3.0 and 3.1 (Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10, Server 2016);
• Support for compressed files (random access for reading and writing with no limitations);
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