HOWTO: NTFS with read/write support using ntfs-3g (easy method)

[Hillbilly Tilley]

I am new to linux so please forgive my ignorance, I have a fresh install of edgy and have tried to follow your directions this is what I get with your commands

/dev/sda1 * 1 6533 52476291 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb1 1 9729 78148161 7 HPFS/NTFS

and

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda3
UUID=f0d8d082-1429-4c2a-af52-86be0a221555 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda1
UUID=A8985DA7985D7532 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda2
UUID=1a4ab146-f53f-4aef-8003-2261408d14e9 /media/sda2 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=EA34B9AD34B97D5F /media/sdb1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=467d3d42-5fcc-4deb-af3b-da676c7f4959 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

I have tried to copy your lines and substitute sda1 and sdb1 in the appropriate locations....the locations disappeared off of my desktop and out of the places menu. Do I need to mount these somewhere before I do this step? As I stated before this is a new install and the drive/locations came up automatically.

Can you help please, Thanks.

[givré]

Hello guys,

szaka, thanks for the help

slan, your version is ok, is it some special files that don't appear on linux ? Can you see them with the kernel driver ?

Hillbilly Tilley, Keep everything and replace just :

# /dev/sda1
UUID=A8985DA7985D7532 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda2
UUID=1a4ab146-f53f-4aef-8003-2261408d14e9 /media/sda2 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=EA34B9AD34B97D5F /media/sdb1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1

by

# /dev/sda1 
UUID=A8985DA7985D7532 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=1a4ab146-f53f-4aef-8003-2261408d14e9 /media/sda2 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=EA34B9AD34B97D5F /media/sdb1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

[slan]

slan, your version is ok, is it some special files that don't appear on linux ? Can you see them with the kernel driver ?

OMG What a muppet I am.
After checking properly.
I have two identically named folders on 2 drives with almost identical sub-folders.
I had mounted the drives with the wrong references and was looking on the wrong drive.

Score: ntfs-3g:1 Muppet-slan:0

Thanks for the quick response tho

[Hillbilly Tilley]

Just wondering when I run the command to edit the fstab file I get this message

(gedit:5766): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

Then gedit opens and works...is this something I should worry about?

Also how do you get the box around text that is copied from other posts?

thanks

[dutchmega]

Edit: Make that a bugreport:

When I try to move files that are in use (like uploading it in Azureus) I just get 100% CPU-usage constantly and no progress

[givré]

Just wondering when I run the command to edit the fstab file I get this message

(gedit:5766): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

Then gedit opens and works...is this something I should worry about?

Also how do you get the box around text that is copied from other posts?

thanks

You don't have to worry about that.
For the box, just use the CODE balise. The easier way to to it is to click on the # button (on top of the edit box) when you write a post.

dutchmega, thanks for the report.

[givré]

dutchmega, ok, after few tests, it seams to be specific to how azureus works. I can still watch a movie while moving it for exemple. Can you test that on an other filesystem if it's possible?
thanks.

[procco]

Hi,

I followed the instructions but ran into some problems.
After I reboot I don't see the link to sda1 on my Desktop.
I tried to mount it but I get an error:

procco@procco-desktop:~$ sudo mount -a
Volume is scheduled for check.
Please boot into Windows TWICE, or use the 'force' mount option.


Any idea what would cause that?

Output of fdisk:

procco@procco-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l | grep NTFS
/dev/sda1 * 1 4079 32764536 7 HPFS/NTFS

Output of fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda3 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/sda4 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0


Output of mtab:

/dev/sda2 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw 0 0
varrun /var/run tmpfs rw 0 0
varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw 0 0
procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
lrm /lib/modules/2.6.15-27-386/volatile tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 /home ext3 rw 0 0

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Paul.

[givré]

procco, this could be because :
- You run chkdsk \f in windows, which will schedule a check on reboot, but didn't do it.
- You run ntfsfix on the volume.
Just follow the instructions.

[ciscosurfer]

Are there any nautilus scripts that allow for right-clicking an NTFS drive (not removable) and allowing it to mount as NTFS-3G read/write capable.

I've already modified my /etc/fstab but was wondering about this issue (I can always change my fstab back, and would like to be able to mount the NTFS drives read/writable when I need them)

Thanks!