[cable_guy]

Hi all,

I'm having a senior moment and I can't remember if I can attach an NTFS formatted USB or eSata drive to a computer running XBMC Live and it simply read them and play media from them without problems, can someone remind me please?

thanks :o

[cable_guy]

no-one?

[spiff]

we can read from anything the os can mount (and yes, it can read ntfs, but not write, atleast not very good).

[gorgeth]

Yes it should be able to read from ntfs formatted drives that are mounted.. (assuming that xbmc live does not break default behavior) but since its a live distro why not boot it up and see ? or are you looking into buying a new drive and do not have one to test?

[cable_guy]

great thanks! my grand idea of an Acer Aspire Revo ION based computer with a whopping external hard drive attached to it is looking a go-er then

[cable_guy]

Yes it should be able to read from ntfs formatted drives that are mounted.. (assuming that xbmc live does not break default behavior) but since its a live distro why not boot it up and see ? or are you looking into buying a new drive and do not have one to test?

I do have the drive, but not yet the rig i'm hoping for. You have a good idea there, I've never thought of downloading the live image and trying it out on an existing PC! thanks for the thought