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

[Aberrix]

I just need to get some files off an ntfs drive... I followed the instructions...
installed ntfs-3g
edited fstab
rebooted

and when I do a sudo mount -a, I get the following:

Error opening partition device: No such file or directory
Failed to startup volume: No such file or directory
Failed to mount '/dev/hdc1': No such file or directory

here are the results of sudo fdisk -l | grep NTFS

Disk /dev/md0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/md1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/md2 doesn't contain a valid partition table
/dev/hdc1               1       36483   293049666    7  HPFS/NTFS

and here is my fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/md0        /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/md1        /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
# /dev/sdc1
UUID=12b5e3a2-0088-4646-b80e-1e7a446fa210 /mnt/storage    ext3    defaults        0       2
# /dev/md2
UUID=645c52d8-c538-4a44-b7be-3a5fb485dd3a none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hda        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/           /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdc1       /media/windows ntfs-3g  defaults,locale=en_US.utf8      0   0

please help! thanks in advance.

[szaka]

Error opening partition device: No such file or directory
Failed to startup volume: No such file or directory
Failed to mount '/dev/hdc1': No such file or directory

You seem to have an ASUS A8N-SLI which has a fakeraid: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto

What's the output of 'dmraid -ay' and 'dmraid -s'. Can you see a mountable device in /dev/mapper after the previous commands? What ntfs-3g version do you use?

[Aberrix]

You seem to have an ASUS A8N-SLI which has a fakeraid:

What's the output of 'dmraid -ay' and 'dmraid -s'.

you're correct, however I do not use nor have dmraid installed

Can you see a mountable device in /dev/mapper after the previous commands? What ntfs-3g version do you use?

can you tell me how to do both of those? what commands? thanks (sorry)

EDIT: I should also mention the NTFS drive is hooked up via IDE and not SATA which is where the 'fakeraid' is... hope that helps...

[kanzie]

Last time I had ntfs-3g installed it lasted for about 16 hours and then the filesystem when corrupt due to a software freeze that I had to reset to unknot! I have no indications or proof that it was due to the ntfs-3g-install though, so now I have a new fresh install of edgy followed the instructions in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...55#post1918655 to install ntfs-3g and all went well. I modified the fstab and restarted the system, however it does not work.

I have everything mounted properly and can read from the ntfs-disk without a problem, however if I try to create a file I get input/output error:
"touch test
touch: cannot touch `test': Input/output error"

ive tried in console both as super-user and ordinary. I have also tried to moe files through interface.

To make matters more confusing I managed to delete files on the ntfs-disk though...


Any ideas?

[kapilg_it]

thanks to ntfs-3g developers , this is a great package. I m using ntfs-3g 0.20061031-BETA but there is 100% use while r/w long files(movies) . I want to try ntfs-3g-0.20070102-BETA.tgz downloaded it but it didnt got installed .On running ./configure it said "fuse >=2.6.0 needed" but when i ran "modprobe -l fuse " i saw "/lib/modules/2.6.15-27-386/kernel/fs/fuse/fuse.ko".
I still want want to try beta cause it said it fixes the 100% pc usage for long files r/w . Any suggestions ??

[violin]

Can you help me pls in here.. I think i made some mistake on the somewhere.

kemanci@kemanci-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l | grep NTFS

/dev/sdb1               1       30401   244196001    7  HPFS/NTFS 

kemanci@kemanci-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe fuse
Password:
kemanci@kemanci-laptop:~$  sudo umount -a
umount: /dev: device is busy
umount: /proc/bus/usb: device is busy
umount: /var/run: device is busy
umount: /sys: device is busy
umount: /: device is busy
kemanci@kemanci-laptop:~$  sudo mount -a
Error opening partition device: Read-only file system
Failed to startup volume: Read-only file system
Failed to mount '/dev/hdc': Read-only file system
mount: mount point /usbdrive does not exist
kemanci@kemanci-laptop:~$ sudo mount /dev/hda1
mount: /dev/disk/by-uuid/73aa80e0-ce7d-4d2a-adc6-9d4e1750d119 already mounted or / busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hda1 is already mounted on /
kemanci@kemanci-laptop:~$ 
kemanci@kemanci-laptop:~$ 

my fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/hda1
UUID=73aa80e0-ce7d-4d2a-adc6-9d4e1750d119 /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/hda5
UUID=051e560d-a4d5-4794-8f11-658acaea0df0 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc    /media/cdrom-1    ntfs-3g     silent,umask=0,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0 

Now i cant open my hardisk. It is says UNABLE THE MOUNT THE VOLUME. I am not using windows xp no more so how can i fix this pls pls help.
Second i just bought new hardisk toshiba one that one opens but again it is read only. But it is wierd because the icon shows like it is a CD as it shows in the picture.





http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4...eenshotbv6.png

[givré]

Hello guys, sorry for responding in late, i was really busy those last days.

kanzie, i don't like this input/outpout error, i think the best would be to directly report your problem on http://forum.ntfs-3g.org/ szaka will support you better than i can do. Thanks.

kapilg_it, you can install the latest version of ntfs-3g via my testing repo (for edgy only) on :

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...55#post1918655

violin,

/dev/hdc    /media/cdrom-1    ntfs-3g     silent,umask=0,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

Is totaly wrong, you configured your cdrom drivre to use ntfs-3g and not your ntfs device.
Can i see the output of 'sudo fdisk -l'. Thanks.

[Colonel Forbin]

Givre you are awesome. After much baning my head against the wall, I found your post, and it could not have been easier to get my external ntfs drives working so that I could write to them. You saved me the agony of formatting a 500GB drive, then putting all the backed up music off of it back on . All tha music is on over 500 CD's and DVD's. It would have taken me weeks. Thanks to you it took about 20 minutes.

[keas]

I followed it step by step and I could not get it to work. The only thing I could find off is that when I get to the part that tells me to

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g 

I do that and it gives me

E: Couldn't find package ntfs-3g 

Is that supposed to happen?

[givré]

keas, can i see your /etc/apt/sources.list