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

[givré]

The buzz about begin this big.
Even OSNews made a news about it (for a beta product!)
http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=15196
And now we know why this driver is so great:

Aha! I knew this was too good to be true, look at the filename (ntfs-3g-20070714-BETA.tgz), its from one year into the future. This guy seems to be in possession of a time machine. Just look at the release notes too, he states there that he is going on a journey for a month now, obviously he is gonna try to go to the future again and retrieve a newer version of this software.

8)

[shivari]

I am stuck at step 3. When i type gksu gedit /etc/fstab and enter root password a pop-up appears stating error and that I entered incorrect root password

[givré]

I am stuck at step 3. When i type gksu gedit /etc/fstab and enter root password a pop-up appears stating error and that I entered incorrect root password

It's probably because i use gtksu instead of gtksudo. Normaly gtksudo is for sudo and gtksu is for su, but since in dapper gtksu and gtksudo do the same (root disable by default) i usualy use gtksu cause it's shorter . But i don't now for the previous release, so try gtksudo instead and see if it works.

[shivari]

It's probably because i use gtksu instead of gtksudo. Normaly gtksudo is for sudo and gtksu is for su, but since in dapper gtksu and gtksudo do the same (root disable by default) i usualy use gtksu cause it's shorter . But i don't now for the previous release, so try gtksudo instead and see if it works.

Was able to make it work. After typing gksu gedit /etc/fstab, windows opens showing ntfs paritions. On the terminal window, on the other hand, is this "(gedit:6124): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
"

[qdvubun]

please help, I got 1 partition to work but the other partition can't be mount. Do I need to add "fuse" two times or something?

edit: sorry so it only work for 1 partition in fstab, so then my other one can only read.

[givré]

please help, I got 1 partition to work but the other partition can't be mount. Do I need to add "fuse" two times or something?

edit: sorry so it only work for 1 partition in fstab, so then my other one can only read.

I should make a note for that or something, this question was ask a billion time
Your partition are mounted (see /media), but they are not in the desktop because:

Unfortunatly, there is no solution for this problem. ntfs-3g use fuse to mount partition. The system refer to /dev/fuse which refer to all the partition it control... So all for the system, it's like that all your NTFS partition are /dev/fuse. If you do 'more /etc/mtab' in a terminal, you will see it. The consequence is that gnome can only show one (the first one) on the desktop and on place>cumputer.
If you want to be able to access them quikly, you can make a bookmark in nautilus, or you could also mount you partition in your home.
Ex:you can make a directory call windows in your home and change the mount point to /home/<your username>/windows in /etc/fstab.
You don't need to mount them in /media, if i made the HowTo like that it's only because the partition mounted in /media are show on the desktop, and for newbie, it's quite important to see them, just like windows do it.
Hope that will help.

[givré]

Was able to make it work. After typing gksu gedit /etc/fstab, windows opens showing ntfs paritions. On the terminal window, on the other hand, is this "(gedit:6124): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
"

This is a known problem of gtksu, but don't be confuse by this warning, this are 'just' warning, and this work.

[vinodis]

Not working for me on the external Hard disk drive

[givré]

Not working for me on the external Hard disk drive

It should work. Let see your /etc/fstab.
Did you mount it during boot, or did you plug it after?

[jixun]

I can't test it, and since i'm not really familiar with 32-bit chroot environement on 64-bit system, i don't really know if this will work.
If you are not affraid by the experience,
if you made some backup, and
if you don't care of the possibility of losing a drive, i want to say let's try.
But i don't recommand it, and i'm sure that a 64-bit version will come really soo. Have a look at www.linux-ntfs.org, you can even try to email the developper to know when they will do a 64-bit version.

I've tried it, and it seems to work

I followed your instructions almost to the letter. The only difference for chroot environment are as follows:

A) Steps 1 to 3 (install FUSE, install ntfs-3g, and fstab/mount point) must be done in 32-bit chroot environment
B) Step 4 (modprobe fuse or edit /etc/modules) must be done in the normal (64-bit) environment

So actually, a shorter way to say it is that loading FUSE into kernel should be done in 64-bit environment, and everything else should be in 32-bit chroot

I've done some simple testing, and it seems to work so far. Haven't booted to NT yet though to check integrity. Will post updates if I encounter anything.