mounting ntfs hard drive hdb

[ebenoit]

Yes makes sense, thanks.  I'm using Debian's frozen release of Sarge 
with a 2.6 something kernel ..I will read through mount.


John Seth wrote:

> You can use 'mount' at any time, whether the drive you want mounted is 
> in /etc/fstab or not.  /etc/fstab is only for mounting drives 
> automatically on bootup of your linux system, and to unmount a drive, 
> you do not need to restart, just use 'umount'.  If it gives you an 
> error trying to unmount a hard drive/partition, then you probably are 
> either in it (like having done 'cd /home/user' and trying to unmount 
> /home), or another program is accessing that directory/device.
>
> As far as NTFS, distro's vary on that issue with stock kernels. If 
> your system utilizes the latest 2.6.x kernels, they might have had the 
> NTFS read/write ability compiled in.  Some distro's disable NTFS 
> writing, but allow reading from it, especially with the 2.4.x and 
> lower kernels. Again, it depends on whether you are using a stock 
> kernel from your distro and what they have compiled into it (or as a 
> module) or if you compiled your own, whether you enabled NTFS 
> read/write abilities.
>
> I hope that helps... Your best bet is to read the manual for mount & 
> umount ('man mount') so you can properly mount and unmount devices.  
> The NTFS issue depends on what you're running.
>
>   - Tony
>
>
> ebenoit wrote:
>
>> I believe I have to etc/fstab <--configure
>> Then I can use mount?
>> And would I have to restart my system if the hard drive is already 
>> running and attached?
>> Does anyone know of any issues mounting and using files within a ntfs 
>> file system, I plan on not ever using for windows again ...it just 
>> has all my yummy music.
>>
>> Thanx,
>> eric
>>
>>
>>
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