arghhhh Re: mounting ntfs hard drive hdb

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the man page for mount wont explain the options for ntfs too well as 
it's not native.
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ will give you some real insight. 
Personally, you should mount the partition and get your data off the 
ntfs partition and onto an ext3, IMHO

ebenoit wrote:

> mount -t ntfs -w /dev/hdb1 /home/admin/Desktop/windows1
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> ^
> |    here is the mount command I am using when I su in terminal
>
> when I look at the directory windows1 it has the permissions r-x------ 
> (read and execute only for root)
> As root I cannot chown the directory to my user account admin obviously.
>
> I am able to mount the system fine, but I need to RWX for my admin 
> account ...the man for mount didn't really help in explaining what I 
> am doing wrong or let me know that I cannot do what I want.  Can 
> anyone shine light, Tony??
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
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> ebenoit wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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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>>>
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