Can't write to vfat and ntfs partitions

linuxfond · 11-12-2003, 02:55 PM

Why hell I can't write to either /mnt/win_c (vfat) nor to /mnt/win_d (ntfs) partitions?
It is chmoded 777 yet I can't copy files from /home
Is it someting up to the fstab files?

Ant71 · 11-12-2003, 03:06 PM

It could be because you're not in root....I had the same problem before and that was what was causing it for me. As I am a complete novice though, I could be wrong

Skyline · 11-12-2003, 03:07 PM

Linux can't write to NTFS succesfully yet......... - for FAT32 though modify the relevant line to:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat umask=000,defaults 0 0

(substitue in your partition name)

linuxfond · 11-12-2003, 04:01 PM

weird. doesn't help.
Here is my fstab:
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0 0 0,defaults 0 0

Here is my mtab:
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat rw 0 0

I try to paste a public_html from /home and I get Could not make directory /mnt/win_c/public_html

linuxfond · 11-12-2003, 04:08 PM

btw, I even cant change permissions for /mnt/win_c or win_d

nightjar · 11-12-2003, 04:14 PM

Is the windows partitions (\c,\d, etc) share?

linuxfond · 11-12-2003, 04:28 PM

no.

I moved this discussion to:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...039#post596039

it is dealing with exactly the same problem.

Skyline · 11-12-2003, 04:54 PM

You said in your 1st post that /mnt/win_c was VFAT and /mnt/win_d was NTFS -

now youve got

/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0 0 0,defaults 0 0

a VFAT on /mnt/win_d ?

again - for a VFAT filesystem use

umask=000,defaults

in the 4th field of fstab like I mentioned before...