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

    It's the directory on where you mount your partition
    If they are not there, first, create a directory where to mount your NTFS partition
    Code:

    Code:
    sudo mkdir /media/<the name you want>
    EDIT :and <your partition> is not your mount point, ie not DSK1_VOL1, but the result
    of the command 'sudo fdisk -l' in the first colone
    Last edited by givré; September 15th, 2006 at 10:13 PM.
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    Re: HOWTO: NTFS with read/write support using ntfs-3g (easy method)

    Thanks for the help but I got another problem.

    kudafi@kudafi-desktop:~$ sudo umount -a
    umount: /dev: device is busy
    umount: /var/run: device is busy
    umount: /: device is busy
    kudafi@kudafi-desktop:~$ sudo mount -a
    fusermount: failed to access mountpoint /media/DSK1_VOL1: No such file or directory
    Loading FUSE and creating /dev/fuse
    fusermount: failed to access mountpoint /media/DSK1_VOL1: No such file or directory
    Failed to mount NTFS: No such file or directory
    Unmounting /dev/hda1 (DSK1_VOL1)
    mount: mount point mkdir does not exist

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

    create a directory where to mount your NTFS partition
    You should create a directory where to mount your partition. This could be whatever you want, and it's better to put it in /media so you can have it in the desktop, so you first need to create it :
    Code:
    sudo mkdir /media/<the name you want>
    After you have to be sure that it's the same name you have set in /etc/fstab in the <mount point>.
    Code:
    sudo gedit /etc/fstab
    and check (or/and change) the mount point (second column, the first is the name of the device, and have nothing to do with a directory).
    When you are here, check also that in the first column, you have the name of the device of your partition (that you found with 'sudo fdisk -l |grep NTFS' (first column))
    save and exit.
    sudo umount -a will show you some error message but that's ok.
    sudo mount -a should be ok. If not, post her your /etc/fstab & your 'sudo fdisk -l'
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    Re: HOWTO: NTFS with read/write support using ntfs-3g (easy method)

    My /etc/fstab

    # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
    #
    # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
    /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
    /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0
    /dev/windows /media/DSK1_VOL1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
    My fdisk

    kudafi@kudafi-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

    Disk /dev/hda: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/hda1 * 1 16709 134212648+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
    Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/hda2 16710 19258 20474842+ 83 Linux
    /dev/hda3 19259 19322 514080 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/hda4 19323 36481 137829667+ 83 Linux

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

    /dev/windows is not the name of your partition. It's /dev/hda1 (result of 'sudo fdisk -l |grep NTFS' first column)

    Just remplace /dev/windows by /dev/hda1 in your /etc/fstab.
    So the line should be :
    Code:
    /dev/sda1 /media/DSK1_VOL1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
    Assuming you have created a directory call DSK1_VOL1 in /media.
    If it's not done yet :
    Code:
    sudo mkdir /media/DSK1_VOL1
    Save & exit
    umount & mount
    & come back to say yeah
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    Re: HOWTO: NTFS with read/write support using ntfs-3g (easy method)

    Man, THERE WE GO!!!

    Lol, about time. I didn't do the mkdir thing. I named it something else. I thought you got to choose what you wanted. Well, it's not important what I thought.

    Thanks for the help.

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

    Just got this working perfectly. Haven't given it a full workout, but maybe over the weekend.

    I had one problem, of my own making, which I got through after browsing these forums. I found I had to use the nonempty option but thought the mount point was empty, as it used work previously for mounting my ntfs partition.

    Created a new temp directory to mount to and then I didn't need the nonempty option. Figured my original mountpoint wasn't as empty as I'd figured.

    Problem was the .directory file created by konqueror if you change the default icon for a folder. I had been using the Wine icon for the directory in which I used mount my ntfs partition. Deleted this .directory file and hey presto, was able to drop the nonempty option.

    The above may seem dumb, but was easily overlooked by me and may help some other noob.

    Like I said, not much of a roadtest yet, but I do have read/write.

    Well done Givre. This is impressive stuff. And Thanks!!

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

    hello, first of all - thanks for the great 'how to' I've installed Ubuntu while having 160 GB of data on ntfs and unable to do anything with that until I found this thread. But. I have a problem and well, I WILL read all the 59 pages, only later

    I 'erased' some files from the ntfs partition hoping to free some space, the files are gone, I emptied the garbage bin but still, the 'free size' did not increase at all. Any idea what's wrong?

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

    Be sure that you don't have a .Trash somewhere (look t the hidden files)
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    Re: HOWTO: NTFS with read/write support using ntfs-3g (easy method)

    yeah thanks, that was it. My hard drive is a normal drive so somehow I assumed it wont behave as an USB disk, so I assumed emptying the 'normal' trash can will do. but thanks, now I got my space back

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