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

[boilerlinux]

thanks givre for your reply

the only partition in my fstab is the windows partition, no usb drive is listed there...

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/sdb1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/sdb5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hda        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs-fuse auto,gid=1001,umask=0002 0 0

however, i seem to have found a way to make all usb harddrives ready with read/write permissions.

i had to start windwos xp, connect all usb drives and then restart the pc, this time booting ubuntu (without disconnecting the drives). oh wonder! all drives are present and i can read them and write onto them.

of course i have absolutely no idea why this is the case. i just hope it'll stay that way

[givré]

me too.
Next time it don't work, try mounting them with

pmount-hal /dev/sda1

Remplace /dev/sda1 by the name of your device that you can find with sudo fdisk -l.
I guess it will explain you why it didn't work.

[wargarv]

Ok, so the problem is just that you don't have the patched hal.
Let see your /etc/apt/sources.list

here it is, thanks

#
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.06.1 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060807.1)]/ dapper main restricted


deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.06.1 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060807.1)]/ dapper main restricted

deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse


deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
#Givre's repository (ntfs-3g & fuse 2.5.3)
deb http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ dapper main
deb-src http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ dapper main
#Givre's repository (ntfs-3g & fuse 2.5.3)
deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main
deb-src http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main

[givré]

Here is the problem.
You should replace :

#Givre's repository (ntfs-3g & fuse 2.5.3)
deb http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ dapper main
deb-src http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ dapper main
#Givre's repository (ntfs-3g & fuse 2.5.3)
deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main
deb-src http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main

by :

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

update, upgrade :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Reboot, and that should work.

You used an old HowTo, where did you find it ?

[wargarv]

http://forum.ubuntu-it.org/index.php...9537.msg138965

in the Italian support forum.
Thank you so much!!, next time I will use this forum for the how to
bye!

[Marsan]

Hello fellow ubuntu users..

Im trying to get NTFS read/write support on Ubuntu edgy 6.10.
Ive tried fuse and the mounted ntfs volume turns up empty so that dosent work. Do ntfs-3g have any succesfull way of mounting NTFS disks? Used ntfs-3g with 6.06 and it worked perfect

[givré]

Do ntfs-3g have any succesfull way of mounting NTFS disks?

of course.
What did you do ?

[Marsan]

oh.sorry..didnt see the Edgy repos..ill try it now

[Marsan]

Great now i got ntfs read/write support

[skenliv]

Ive got an AMD64 machine an NTFS-3G installed successfully, but, any NTFS external USB drive i connect wont be writable. Is there any solution to the problem? Ive read threw the thread but have not found any solution to my problem?