Hi, I had tried out openSuse before and I found it to be totally awesome, but I wanted the SSD that I installed it on for use with Windows 10. I had a 1000GB Disk that I wanted to use as a Data disk for windows and also for openSuse. It was formatted NTFS, but after I installed openSuse it got changed to BTRF. From this point what should I do to install openSuse as the OS of the data disk in NTFS format?
NTFS is NOT a Linux file system type. It does not fulfill the (POSIX) demands of a LINUX file system and can not be used to install a Linux operating system on.
There is software available on Linux to use non-Linux file systems (like NTFS) to some extend e.g. to exchange files between Linux and other (Microsoft) environments. But this should not be used as real parts (e.g. data disks) of a Linux system.
(P.S. the spelling is openSUSE, I see you have problems to spell it consistent).
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oh, openSUSE. I had installed Linux on NTFS before, I think I used Lubuntu.
It is a very bad idea in any case. The Linux security based on file ownership (by user and group) and the permissions that go with them do not exist in NTFS and the like. Thus how can this have any chance of working as a Linux system?
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I arrived at a solution that was painless and fast by installing Gparted, then formatting 717gb as NTFS. At first I thought it would take a long time, nope, like 7 seconds. Thankyou @hcvv
Nice you are satisfied and happy. But I still do not quite understand what was the idea behind your wish to install on NTFS. And thus I also do not understand what you now did. Did you overwrite the openSUSE installation with an NTFS file system?
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I wanted to be able to share data between my windows installation and my openSUSE installation because of proprietary drivers for scanning and video editing. I saved my openSUSE installation and I checked that it boots fine. Now I will re-install the Windows 10 SSD (plugging the SSD back in).
That is not the same as installing Linux on NTFS!
As said above, you can exchange data with a non-Linux system using an NTFS file system. That can be one that is permanent on the same hardware, like a Windows system in a multi-boot environment, or a removable file system on an USB sticky.
But those NTFS (or FAT, VFAT, …) file systems are the exchange medium, and never the root file system of your openSUSE.
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Thanks for clarifying. I had originally planned on openSUSE on the 1000GB disk that was formatted NTFS and also using that disk as a data disk, but ended up resizing and partitioning a large porting as NTFS. Now my question is, how can I best secure the data on the NTFS portion?
What do you mean by “secure”?
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I have always had the fear that if my computer is connected to the internet then my creative work could be stolen. The extreme end result of this was using only typewriter, notebook, or offline computer. How can I best secure my data from being stolen if my work computer and my internet computer are in the same box?
Well, to begin with, I would never store my data on an non-Linux file system.
As said, my strong opinion is that non-Linux file systems should be avoided and only used for direct exchange with non-Linux systems (like camera’s, Windows system, you name it). Mount, do the copying, remove.
But for your far more general question, this is not the topic that should handle it. The title does not cover a general “how do I protect my data on openSUSE from it being stolen using the Internet”. Thus make a new topic in the best fitting category.
Set your firewall and sharing options accordingly. Of course, that will only cover the Linux side of your system. If you boot into Windows, that is an entire different can of worms.
Encrypt your data. Even if it is stolen, no one can use it.
Regular backups are a good plan as well.