ntfs mounting problem: reads but can't copy
 

Hi all.

I am having a problem with mounting an ntfs drive on Ubuntu Dapper Drake. Or rather, the drive seems to mount, but then I can't get anything off of it.

I mount the drive like so:

sudo mount /dev/hdd5 /mnt/windows/av

(Sometimes I try the -r flag, but it makes no difference that I can tell.) The drive appears to mount fine. Using a terminal, I am able to do something like:

sudo ls -l "/mnt/windows/av/h-mp3z/Delerium - Karma"

and it will happily show me all the files in the directory. BUT, when I then try:

sudo cp "/mnt/windows/av/h-mp3z/Delerium - Karma/*" /home/jim

I get a "No such file or directory" message (referring to the first argument, not to /home/jim). Further, when I try to open the mounted drive with a file browser, I get this message:

You do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of av.

wtf?

I have tried changing the permissions of /mnt/windows/av, as well as of /dev/hdd5 (but even sudo can't do it, so that was a longshot in the dark).

My /etc/fstab looks something like

/dev/hdd5 /mnt/windows/av ntfs defaults 0 0

(although I have also tried specifying ro,user,exec,sync, etc).

This has me absolutely perplexed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, all.

--jim

Install ntfs-3g then mount an ntfs partition like this:

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/X /mountpoint

It's just that easy, eh? ;)

Thanks -- I'll try it as soon as I get a chance.

--jim

Add something like this to /etc/fstab

/mnt/windows/av /dev/hdd5 ntfs-3g noexec,rw,auto,umask=0000 0 0