Doctor Who wrote:
On Jan 18, 2008 8:28 PM, Aaron Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
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The Friday 2008-01-18 at 14:22 -0500, Doctor Who wrote:
Thanks. I installed the package successfully, but I don't see how it
helps to mount the drive with ntfs-3g. According to the homepage, I
should see a box pop-up when I plug the drive in giving me the option
to be able to write to the drive, but that doesn't happen here. I
*do* have ntfs-3g installed and can write to the drive if I mount it
manually from a console.
Any ideas?
Try creating an fstab line for it, using "/dev/disk/by-id/..." as the
device node (it is independent of where it is plugged).
Personally, I prefer using a volume label....
That way, it can identify that particular disk drive
as needing 3G support, but if he decides to make, say
an ext3 USB drive, it won't be a major annoyance.
So is that something like?:
LABEL=WD_Passport /media/WD_Passport ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
Does it matter what the /media mount point is named?
just as long as you make sure that /media/WD_Passport
exists, you're set.
oh, and why do I use volume label, rather then the
unique device ID? Because with a volume label, you
can replace the device without having to change the
fstab on every one of your computers.
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