452550 – sys-fs/ntfs3g - data corruption when alternately "fast-booting" Windows 8 and Linux

Bug 452550 - sys-fs/ntfs3g - data corruption when alternately "fast-booting" Windows 8 and Linux

Summary: sys-fs/ntfs3g - data corruption when alternately "fast-booting" Windows 8 and...

Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Patrick McLean

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Reported:	2013-01-16 13:49 UTC by Anton Bolshakov
Modified:	2013-01-17 03:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859373
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Description Anton Bolshakov 2013-01-16 13:49:19 UTC

That story is in the news today.
http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Linux-and-Windows-8-Fast-Startup-puts-data-at-risk-1780640.html

There are few official patches for NTFS-3G driver, you might want to apply them now because the next release is not ready yet.

Redhat have done that:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859373

Comment 1 Patrick McLean gentoo-dev

2013-01-16 22:19:32 UTC

I committed sys-fs/ntfs3g-2013.01.13 yesterday that includes those fixes. If you would like it stabilized, please file a stabilization bug.