Debian5.0 - Unable to write to NTFS partition!

[SRIKANTH NS]

Hi All,

I use a dual boot system (Win XP + Debian 5.0). Win XP has NTFS.
I tried moving some Debian CD image files to WIndows partiton to
free up some space in Linux partition.

Even as root , I was unable to move these iso files to windows
partition, with error message that permission is denied!

My /etc/fstab file is given below:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda9 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda10 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/winc ntfs rw,user,auto 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/wind ntfs rw,user,auto 1 1
/dev/sda6 /media/wine ntfs rw,user,auto 2 2
/dev/sda7 /media/winf ntfs rw,user,auto 3 3
/dev/sda8 /media/wing ntfs rw,user,auto 4 4

I thought read / write support to NTFS is enabled in DEbian a long time
ago!
What is to be done to enable me to write to NTFS partiton?

Srikanth

[Syam Krishnan]

SRIKANTH NS wrote:
> I thought read / write support to NTFS is enabled in DEbian a long time
> ago!
> What is to be done to enable me to write to NTFS partiton?
>
>

Try the mount command with type as ntfs:
mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /media/winc

If it complains about unknown type ntfs, try ntfs-3g
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/winc

If that works, then change your fstab file to use ntfs-3g as the type.

regs,

Syam

[Syam Krishnan]

SRIKANTH NS wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I use a dual boot system (Win XP + Debian 5.0). Win XP has NTFS.
> I tried moving some Debian CD image files to WIndows partiton to
> free up some space in Linux partition.
>

I guess I made a mistake in my assessment.. I now guess you are able to
mount and read from the partitions.
Anyway, on my machines, I use 0 for the second-last field in /etc/fstab
file. I see you're using 1, 2, 3 & 4 there. Any reason for doing that?

Syam

[Syam Krishnan]

SRIKANTH NS wrote:
> /dev/sda1 /media/winc ntfs rw,user,auto 0 0
> /dev/sda5 /media/wind ntfs rw,user,auto 1 1
> /dev/sda6 /media/wine ntfs rw,user,auto 2 2
> /dev/sda7 /media/winf ntfs rw,user,auto 3 3
> /dev/sda8 /media/wing ntfs rw,user,auto 4 4
>
> I thought read / write support to NTFS is enabled in DEbian a long time
> ago!
> What is to be done to enable me to write to NTFS partiton?
>

My fstab line (Fedora 10) looks like this (I use only defaults.user
options):
/dev/sda1 /mnt/c ntfs defaults,user 0 0

Syam

[SRIKANTH NS]

On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 09:41 +0000, ilug-tvm group wrote:

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> == 2 of 4 ==
> Date: Sat, Mar 21 2009 9:44 pm
> From: Syam Krishnan

>
>
> SRIKANTH NS wrote:
> > I thought read / write support to NTFS is enabled in DEbian a long time
> > ago!
> > What is to be done to enable me to write to NTFS partiton?
> >
> >

> Try the mount command with type as ntfs:
> mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /media/winc
>
> If it complains about unknown type ntfs, try ntfs-3g
> mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/winc
>
> If that works, then change your fstab file to use ntfs-3g as the type.
>
> regs,
>
> Syam

Yes, I changed to ntfs -3g and it works !
>
>
>
>
> == 3 of 4 ==
> Date: Sat, Mar 21 2009 9:50 pm
> From: Syam Krishnan

No other reason other than that this is what was prescribed to mount
Windows Partition by PCQuest during RH era and I blindly follow that!.

Pl let me know what is the significance of that number

Srikanth

[BINNY THOMAS]

I use a program known as NTFS configuration Tool for doing it the easy way.
Hope that helps!

[V. Sasi Kumar]

On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 19:36 +0530, SRIKANTH NS wrote:

> Pl let me know what is the significance of that number

I suggest you use the command "man fstab". It could be useful.

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V. Sasi Kumar
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