I use a program known as NTFS configuration Tool for doing it the easy way. Hope that helps!
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM, SRIKANTH NS <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 09:41 +0000, ilug-tvm group wrote: > > > > ============================================================================== > > TOPIC: Debian5.0 - Unable to write to NTFS partition! > > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm/t/276d1cc949d474e1?hl=en > > > ============================================================================== > > > > = > > > > == 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 > > > > > > 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 > > 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 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
