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

[xlulux]

how do i uninstall this?

[MilesTEG1]

Hello,
I try this command : sudo umount -a
and i try sudo mount -a
and i get this :

pierrick@arrakis:~$ sudo mount -a
WARNING: Old FUSE kernel module detected. This means, some driver features
         are not available (swap file on NTFS, boot from NTFS by LILO),
         and unmount is not safe unless you make sure the ntfs-3g process
         naturally terminates after calling 'umount'. The safe FUSE kernel
         driver is included in the official Linux kernels since version
         2.6.20-rc1, or in the FUSE 2.6 software package. Please see the
         next page for more help: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/support.html#fuse26

Why I get it ?

[tc33133]

Hi, thanks first of all for your useful package and easy to follow instructions. I'm trying to build fuse-utils on amd64 dapper and I get the following error wrt makedev from
sudo dpkg -i --force-depends fuse-utils_2.6.1-0givre5_amd64.deb

Selecting previously deselected package fuse-utils.
(Reading database ... 78560 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fuse-utils (from fuse-utils_2.6.1-0givre5_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: fuse-utils: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
 fuse-utils depends on makedev (>= 2.3.1-80); however:
  Version of makedev on system is 2.3.1-79ubuntu1.
Setting up fuse-utils (2.6.1-0givre5) ...
creating fuse device node...
/sbin/MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "fuse"
dpkg: error processing fuse-utils (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fuse-utils

I was able to install this ok 2 weeks ago, and I noticed there was a similar problem a few months ago and was solved by backporting the edgy version. Is that possibly the issue now?
Thanks!

[givré]

Hello all,

I'll reply first to some question :

psyko-lefse, are you running dapper or edgy ?

xlulux, what do you want to remove? write support for ntfs?

MilesTEG1, have a look at /usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g/README.Debian

tc33133, you need to also build a new version of makedev which is in the repo. I'll update the amd64 howto soon. Thanks.

Now, an announcement :

I'm actually uploading fuse 2.6.3 to the testing repo. There is some big changes (we don't use any more the init script) so it need some testing. Also, when it will be ready (probably tomorrow), the first release candidate of ntfs-3g will follow. So if you like to live on the edge, try the testing repo :

deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu edgy main main-all testing
# or
deb http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu edgy main main-all testing

and report every little problems you could encounter.

Happy testing

Flo

[mrfelker]

Didn't work for me. However this did,

Grab fuse-2.6.3.tar.gz from http://fuse.sourceforge.net/

Then unpack and do the ./configure make, sudo make install

You have now install the last FUSE
from
Then grab ntfs-3g-0.20070207-RC1.tgz from http://www.ntfs-3g.org/

unpack, ./configure, make, sudo make install

Your Windows NTFS filesystems shown on the desktop are now read/write (I created folders to test_

[givré]

mrfelker, what didn't work for you ? This kind of post is totally stupid and useless.

[SexyStud]

Thanks for the tutorial, I was able to access and modify my NTFS partitions on Ubuntu =)

I have a question though: is it possible to mount a NTFS partition to /home ? I don't seem to be able to do so.

[ashrack]

Thanks for the tutorial, I was able to access and modify my NTFS partitions on Ubuntu =)

I have a question though: is it possible to mount a NTFS partition to /home ? I don't seem to be able to do so.

Yes it is possible but highly discouraged. Why not simply just mount it in your home dir, eg:

/home/yourusername/ntfsdrive

[givré]

I've just uploaded ntfs-3 RC1 and the latest fuse to the main repo.

[MilesTEG1]

I've just uploaded ntfs-3 RC1 and the latest fuse to the main repo.

It's ok for mine too : ntfs-3g.sitesweetsite.info