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

[Subbu.exe]

Hello!

Installed ntfs-3g on a Fresh Installation of Edgy
I Used this Repo

deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ edgy main-all

Here's my /etc/fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda9
UUID=6fc9b5cf-4790-43cf-b50a-4c50c87930a2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda10
UUID=96936f06-2371-42d5-a75a-093d3aaea118 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ntfs-3g default,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ntfs-3g default,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
# /dev/sda8
UUID=98992694-c620-4a6e-8282-49b404e6114a none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/ /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

And the output of "mount -l"

subbu@devil:~$ sudo mount -l
/dev/sda9 on / type ext3 (rw,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)
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/2.6.17-10-386/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda10 on /home type ext3 (rw) []
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/hda on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=subbu) [Ubuntu 6.10 i386]
/dev/hdb on /media/cdrom1 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=subbu) [Softwares]
/dev/sda6 on /media/sda6 type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other) [Music]
/dev/sda7 on /media/sda7 type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other) [Data]

Now for the Small Problem, I Cant get the Mounted Volumes to show on the Desktop AND Nautilus

Other than That, its Perfect..


Regards,

[givré]

Hi subuu,

What version of hal do you have ?

[justin whitaker]

I've tried this, and still, it does not work. Is the How-to up to date?

[givré]

It is up to date and it works.
1. dapper or edgy
2. What repo did you add to your sources.list
2. external or internal device
3. If internal, what is your /etc/fstab

[familyjules74123]

i did this:

mike@mike-laptop:~$ sudo mount -a
Password:
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs-3g'

but i cant even open up my external HD now, it gives me this error:

Unable to Mount the selected Volume.
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs-3g'

error: could not execute pmount

please help!

[givré]

Hi familyjules74123.

Did you *install* ntfs-3g ?
edgy or dapper ?
What arch ?

[Nio]

I followed the guide in the first post and it seems I lost the auto-mount thingy for my external usb ntfs harddrive.

Well before I had read ntfs. But now instead of read/write I have nothing, which is stupid.

What can I do? What can I have done wrong.

[familyjules74123]

yes im pretty sure i installed ntfs-3g is there a way to check though?
Im using dapper.
what arch???

[givré]

Ok, so for dapper, you need my repo. Did you add it.
Any way, the better way to check if you install ntfs-3g (but if it fails, i'm pretty you didn't install it), check in synaptic and search for ntfs-3g.

For the arch, i provide only i386 package, no amd64, nor ppc, that's why i wanted to ask you that.

[justin whitaker]

It is up to date and it works.
1. dapper or edgy
2. What repo did you add to your sources.list
2. external or internal device
3. If internal, what is your /etc/fstab

I'll post tonight. Thanks!