arghhhh Re: mounting ntfs hard drive hdb

[ebenoit]

I have always wanted to recompile a kernel but never really had a motive 
...now the challenge

Thanks for your responses ...my only choice at this point is to utilize 
an ntfs mount, there is too much data to move to store anywhere, I have 
to utilize an ntfs mount.

I read a while back on the debian site, very pleasent documentation on 
how to recompile your kernel ...I just hope it still exists :)

Thanks for all your help,
eric

John Seth wrote:

> I would check out that SF website for some detail about NTFS on Linux. 
> I haven't read much up on Debian 'Sarge' yet, but it has piqued my 
> interest since it's fairly up to date with the 2.6.x kernel and other 
> stuff it includes.
>
> However, it sounds like Debian's stock kernel which you have installed 
> does not have 'write' support enabled.  I know when I recently 
> recompiled two fresh kernels from kernel.org (2.6.11.10 & 2.6.12.2) 
> that the kernel had the ability to enable NTFS support, but it also 
> had a sub-component to enable write support on it.  You can search 
> google, or Debian's site for enabling write support (I know Fedora & 
> RedHat have an RPM available to add a write-enabled module).  
> Otherwise, depending on your willingness to experiment, try 
> recompiling your kernel with the NTFS write option enabled.
>
>   - Tony
>
>
>
> Cyber Source wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> ^
>>> |    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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ebenoit wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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