--- On Tue, 11/8/09, Shrinivasan T <[email protected]> wrote: > > A 250 GB external hard disk is becoming read only when > connected. > > It has NTFS file system. > > I tried remounting, and manual mount. > > No use. > > I dont want to reformat it again. > > It is working well in windows boxes. > > Any help?
Try ntfsfix on this partition. When the ntfs file system requires a file system check, linux mounts then readonly. Alternatively you can check the partition in windows box itself. Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
