problem reading ntfs partiton

[tikal26]

Hello,

before I upgraded I was able to read and write to ntfs partition, but since I upgraded I can't. I checked that ntfs-3g was installed and manually checked and everything seems fine.

[Ken_Lewis81]

Does your filesystems table at '/etc/fstab' list the NTFS partitions as mounted read-write ('rw') or read-only ('ro')?

Take care.
Ken.

[mlind]

Here's a line from my /etc/fstab for ntfs partition using ntfs-3g driver

UUID=B05401AE540177FC /media/D ntfs-3g locale=fi_FI.utf8,umask=0007,gid=46 0 1


You probably want to use different locale. gid=46 means that members of plugdev group have read/write/execute permissions to ntfs-3g mounted drives. If you want to use UUID for your drive, then use vol_id to find it out.

[tikal26]

It was weird, I had to restart into windows and properly shut it down and the problem was fixed.

[diddler]

Didn't understand ANY of that. God, I hate learning new languages.

[shad0w_walker]

I have found this problem before, its basically because the NTFS partition didnt cleanly unmount and the driver refuses to allow write access (Help prevent damage to files) until a check is run.

I think there is a linux tool to check and repair any damage to the file system but i cannot remember its name right now.