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

[gabng]

Hi, my hda5 partition is not being mounted on startup despite having the entry in fstab. My hda1 and sda5 partitions, however, are mounted properly. All these are ntfs partitions.
When I mount hda5 manually with "sudo mount -a", I get this message:

Volume is scheduled for check.
Please boot into Windows TWICE, or use the 'force' mount option.

I've booted into Windows and restarted no less than 10 times (hda5 gets scanned every time Windows XP starts) and I'm still getting the message.
I tried mounting the partition with "sudo mount /dev/hda5 /media/hda5" and succeeded but /media/hda5 can only be accessed through the root account.
I'm on Edgy and have read /usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g/README.Debian and did what it said, but still no luck.
Can somebody please help me out with this?

[givré]

gabng, i'm not a windows expert, but you should try to check you fs via cmd with the chkdsk /f command. Not sure that it change anything...

[nbayiha]

i have been trying to mount my partitions for a while but it's still not working, i just don't know what i'm doing wrong, i have follow everything like i did when i was using dapper cause now i'm using feisty... but
her i will post what i received when i type i tried to mount them manually

pmount-hal /dev/sda1

libhal-storage.c 1401 : INFO: called LIBHAL_FREE_DBUS_ERROR but dbusError was not set.
process 6558: Applications must not close shared connections - see dbus_connection_close() docs. This is a bug in the application.
Error: device /dev/sda1 is already mounted to /media/sda1
Error: could not execute pmount

and this is my etc/fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#  -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config -- 
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda7 :
UUID=692bc2de-b86d-40ce-9d00-5b91408a688d / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=80A0DBA9A0DBA3C6 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda3 :
UUID=9b1adcb9-80dc-44ff-84a5-320465672e5d /media/sda3 ext3 defaults 0 2
# Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=E02C861B2C85ECBA /media/sda5 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
# Entry for /dev/ !! UNKNOW DEVICE !! :
UUID=df4e3c8b-454e-4250-abcf-ee6dc12b8677 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

and this is my more etc/mtab

/dev/sda7 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
varrun /var/run tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755 0 0
varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777 0 0
procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0
devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096 0
 0
/dev/sda3 /media/sda3 ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096 0
 0
binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0

i thought i could resolve this problem myself but i have been sitting days and i still couldn't
and here is my fdis -l maybe it will help

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        2646    21253963+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            2647        7662    40291020    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3            7663       14593    55673257+  83  Linux
/dev/sda5            2647        6604    31792603+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6   *        6605        6726      979933+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7            6727        7662     7518388+  83  Linux

[givré]

nbayiha, all seams to work well.
/dev/sda1 & /dev/sda5 are both mounted
You don't see them in place cause of https://launchpad.net/bugs/73227
but you are using a devel version anyway, so you can't expect everything to work well
You can still browse them via /media/sda1 & /media/sda5

P.S : pmount is not use anymore in feisty, so this will no really work. Also, you don't need my repo anymore in feisty.

[Satanister]

Is it internal or external disk? Hotplug or udev doesn't create the device nodes correctly for you. It's some installation or configuration problem. Try
mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1
then mount again. If still no go then try ntfs-config.

satanister@bitch:~$ sudo mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1
mknod: `/dev/sda1': File exists
satanister@bitch:~$ sudo mount -a
Error opening partition device: No such device or address
Failed to startup volume: No such device or address
Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': No such device or address
satanister@bitch:~$


ntfs-config just brins up a window with 2 checkboxes, for enabling write support for internal and external drives.

I don't get it the other hard drive (sdb1 ext3) mounts ok)
any idea????



found the problem:
for some reason the partition was set to not active.....
thanx for the help

[gabng]

gabng, i'm not a windows expert, but you should try to check you fs via cmd with the chkdsk /f command. Not sure that it change anything...

Thanks for the direction! I fixed it with "chkdsk /x" in the hda5 partition.

[lenn/art]

This time, i get a " connection timed out" error when trying

 wget http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/givre_key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Are there any mirrors?

- edit: How much mb do you need for a mirror? Maybe i can provide a mirror on my (payed for ) host. Or on my space at my ISP (i never use it, but it's ~ 20mb).

[oceanspray]

Givré, just wanted to thank you for your instructions and the software provided by you, am now able to read and write to my USB drive.

(K)Ubuntu just got a lot easier and more fun to use.

Merci Beaucoup!!!!!

[nbayiha]

Givre just want to thank you to for the information you provide to us thank .

Merci beaucoup pour tes reponses rapides. i guess i will have to wait for the final version of feisty or when the bug will be fix.


Actually thanks to the link you gave me i figure out a way to make it work now i can see all my partition , the problem i guess was because when upgrading from edgy to feisty
without purging the user's home directory , instead of the Default in the fstab i had to had User... to have smth like this

/dev/sda5 /media/windows1 ntfs-3g    user,locale=en_US.utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0

Anyway thanks a lot for your help.

[D10]

I just installed the latest version of NTFS-3G on my kubuntu dapper machine today. Everyhting works well except I am no longer able to plug in a USB thumb drive (FAT32) and have it automout.

I run:

pmount-hal /dev/sda1

and it mounts fine. My question is what do I need to change so I don't have to type that each time I plug in a USB drive?

Thanks
D10