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

[givré]

You could try ntfsfix in the ntfsprogs package (in the repo)
It don't always work, but it could fix certain error.

[MilesTEG1]

Not sure if a similar problem has been posted yet, but when I attempt to mount the drive /dev/sda1 it say "Cannot mount un tidly shut down windows please shut down properly". I read where it says "Restart in windows", but I no longer have windows on my system and I have no other computers with SATA ports. Can I use a windows boot cd or am I SOL?

Hello,
this problem has been already report, see first post, and common problems.
The solution is to make a chkdsk under windows.
If you don't have windows installed on you computer, you may use the install CD with the console : I don't know how to have it... But it could be possible...
Let's hear some experts

[jrjr]

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[givré]

Greets!

I have not tried this driver yet but I have a question, or maybe an observation.

When I go through my network I can read and write to an ntfs partition on my server or any other machine on my network with no trouble at all. I cannot write to an ntfs partition on my local machine though.

Why is that?

In a network, all action (moving, creating, copying...) are made by the the host machine (the machine who host the files), what you just do is sending to the host the action you want to do. So if the host run windows, you'll be able to write nativly in NTFS partition (but only partition manage the host of course).

[jrjr]

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[givré]

Yes it is.
Simply because you don't have the possibility to manage your server hardware.

[jrjr]

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[slibuntu]

HELP!!! I went about 3 quarters of the way with this and then decided i'd wait till i got my new harddrive and i would leave my main HD alone, now my 27.8gb main windows ntfs partition wont mount! help me please!! When i click it in file manager, i get this error message,

mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda2 is already mounted on /media/sda2

mount failed

I am panicing here, i retraced my steps fully so i don't know whats the problem

[givré]

jrjr, if you read the 48 page of this thread, you will see that they were a problem when renaming file created in windows with the first version of ntfs-3g (in 20-50 % of the case) but it was fastely fix, and until that time, there were no problem at all. A guy report error of chkdsk (with no perte of data), but after analyse of the dev, it was not relly error, but some kind of optimization, read it, nothing is hidden. And a lot of people use it (~300Mo /day are download from my repos, an other mirror is coming) so if there is a problem, we should know it. But always consider that as a beta soft, so don't use it in really important file.

slibuntu, let's see your /etc/fstab

[slibuntu]

Okok, now i look like an idiot, all it took was a good old fashioned reboot! Paralytic "oh my god my new os isn't working right! i dont know how to fix it!" fear took over for a while! Thanks anyway! The fstab is a backup, everythings back to normal!