HOWTO: Mount NTFS volumes with write support

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Originally Posted by dlai

If anyone have any success with this please post a how to, if the ntfs-3g really is as good as described this is a major leap ahead for linux/windows compliance!! Really good for people who wants to dual boot!

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Here it is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1265741 :cool:

I hope this hasn't already been asked, but how in the world can I mount NTFS with write support if it's an external USB harddrive. My ext. drive doesn't show up in fstab.

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Originally Posted by forrestcupp

I hope this hasn't already been asked, but how in the world can I mount NTFS with write support if it's an external USB harddrive. My ext. drive doesn't show up in fstab.

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I would make a custom udev rule for the drive, so it will always get the same device node from /dev.
You can add the drive to /etc/fstab without the rule too, it's usually /dev/sda or /dev/sdb, depending what other external devices are attached that time.

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Originally Posted by mlind

I would make a custom udev rule for the drive, so it will always get the same device node from /dev.
You can add the drive to /etc/fstab without the rule too, it's usually /dev/sda or /dev/sdb, depending what other external devices are attached that time.

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I know this might sound stupid, but how dow I do that?

You could create rule for usb device with this howto http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=168221
and add a line in fstab just like the ntfs one.
Also, you should try this HowTo to profit to the latest improvement of linux-ntfs.org. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009

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Originally Posted by forrestcupp

I know this might sound stupid, but how dow I do that?

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It's not very trivial at first try, but I've used this guide with great success
http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

I also made udev rule for my joypad
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...35&postcount=5

Hey Great HOW-TO Helped Big Time One Question Though Anyone Know What umask You Need for User Write Access?

You will need uid and gid to set permission.
uid=1000 will set the owner to you
gid=1000 will set the group to your group
umask=002 eq rwxrwxr-x
umask=022 eq rwxr-xr-x etc...

Wait, so can I write to my Windows disk from Linux now that I can access it?

In specific, could I add songs to it and torrents, so that I don't have to use room on my Linux HD(which is 20 gigs as opposed to my Window's 80 gigs)?

I just tested the new ntfs-3g and it is indeed working much better!

I had prepared the debian packages to install it, but I see someone already did that :)
So, I don't know of what to make of this How-To, since it is now superceded by the new one.

So, for anyone still using this, please try the new How-To avaiable at: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009