Bug 452550

Summary:	sys-fs/ntfs3g - data corruption when alternately "fast-booting" Windows 8 and Linux
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Anton Bolshakov <anton.bugs>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Patrick McLean <chutzpah>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	base-system, ssuominen
Priority:	Normal
Version:	10.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859373
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.