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

[givré]

Hi 3zero2,
So what you did was :
- add on of the edgy repo in your /etc/apt/source.list
- update your source
- upgrade (that should install the modified pmount)
- install ntfs-3g
Is it ok ?

If yes, to know what's wrong, you can try in a terminal :

pmount /dev/sda1

change /dev/sda1 by the actual name of your USB HDD (with sudo fdisk -l)

[3zero2]

Hi 3zero2,
So what you did was :
- add on of the edgy repo in your /etc/apt/source.list
- update your source
- upgrade (that should install the modified pmount)
- install ntfs-3g
Is it ok ?

If yes, to know what's wrong, you can try in a terminal :

pmount /dev/sda1

change /dev/sda1 by the actual name of your USB HDD (with sudo fdisk -l)

thanks givre. My drive is actually sdb1 and on entering the pmount command i can see it on my desktop - i can browse, but not create or delete files and folders.

at least that's an improvement.

now what i'm missing is automounting, writing and deleting...

[givré]

hum, are you sure you install the modified pmount ?
Let see that first :

 apt-cache policy pmount

Also, past here the output of

mount

when the USB drive is mounted with pmount

[3zero2]

this is the reply from apt-cache policy pmount:

joshua@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy pmount
pmount:
  Installed: 0.9.13-1givre2
  Candidate: 0.9.13-1givre2
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.13-1givre2 0
        500 http://givre.cabspace.com edgy/main-all Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.13-1build1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Packages

and this is the reply from mount with the USB drive connected and mounted using pmount:

joshua@ubuntu:~$ mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,user_xattr,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/sdb1 type ntfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)

i will be away for a few hours so i won't be able to reply. If in the meantime you have any clues of what's happening just leave me a reply here. I will check when I get back home.

Thanks a lot.

[givré]

Ok that's my fault, i forgot that pmount alone don't check hal policy.
Try that instead :

pmount-hal /dev/sdb1

[3zero2]

Ok that's my fault, i forgot that pmount alone don't check hal policy.
Try that instead :

pmount-hal /dev/sdb1

yes yes..i should be on my way to work

that gives me the following error:

joshua@ubuntu:~$ pmount-hal /dev/sdb1
Error: given UDI is not a mountable volume

if i try it again then it givees the following:

Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Operation not supported
Mount is denied because the NTFS journal file is unclean. Choices are:
 A) Shutdown Windows properly.
 B) Click the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows taskbar
    notification area before disconnecting the device.
 C) Use 'Eject' from Windows Explorer to safely remove the device.
 D) If you ran chkdsk previously then boot Windows again which will
    automatically initialize the journal.
 E) Run 'ntfsfix' on Linux which will reset the NTFS journal.
 F) Mount the volume read-only by using the 'ro' mount option.
Error: could not execute pmount

[Perkabalo]

Hi! I'm on edgy and I can't install ntfs-3g, couldn't find the package blah blah..

Help? Please..

[givré]

3zero2, follow the error message, and that should work.

Perkabalo, you need to enable universe.

[bryan4134]

The drive is mounted and I can read all info without problem. But I can't write to it or change the preferences to allow me to. I think I followed everything correctly. ntfs-3g works fine on other drives. This is the output of "mount"

/dev/sdb1 on /media/New Volume type ntfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocha rset=utf8)

Help appreciated. Bryan

[givré]

Hi bryan4134,
Your drive is external o internal.
If internal, let see your /etc/fstab.