generally, ntfs partitions are mounted read only or as far as possible not written into from linux for fear of corruption. pls check your /etc/fstab for mount detail, as root, fdisk -l will also list partitions on the hard disk which could lead to the diagnosis of the problem. I am a debian fan, but has used mandriva - mcc (mandrake control centre) should have provision to format and mount partitions which on request is added to the fstab if you did not succeed, pls send me output of fdisk -l and fstab also tell me the version of mandriva
best/harish 2009/2/18 ama <[email protected]> > Harish, > As I wrote in mail, I was able to install GRUB. My problem was to bring up > an NTFS partition that Mandriva is refusing to mount. Thanks for your > attention to my question. > After I posted the question, I ran fsck.ntfs from System Resuce CD. It said > that partition's allocation table is corrupted, running chkdsk in windows > will help it. I booted from a Windows XP CD and ran it. Suprisingly, it > fixed it. I think NTFS is still one of the best kept secrets of Microsoft. > Still some problem exists. After booting to Mandriva GNU/Linux, the other > two NTFS partitions are not mounting. I have to manually add a ntfs-3g mount > command in init.d/rc.local and a chmod -R 777 to enable read and write mode > in the mounted folder. I have a doubt, if a large number of data is in those > partitions, will it affect the boot time, since the chmod takes sometimes to > finish its job? > I am going to remove all those NTFS partitions and create ext3 whenever my > friend gets a HDD of enough free space. > > > Regards, > Ansal. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
