Saving files in my win partitions.

glore2002 · 06-15-2008, 08:52 AM

I want to be able to save files in win partitions. I have two win partitions. A NTFS one and the other which is fat32.

How can I enable this?

Thanks!
Glore2002.-

pixellany · 06-15-2008, 09:02 AM

Have you tried mounting the partitions? Most modern distros will support NTFS and I think basically ALL Linuces support FAT32.

Personally, I prefer keeping all data in shared ext3 partitions. When I use Windows (rarely), I access the ext3 partitions using the ext2fsd driver.

T3slider · 06-15-2008, 02:00 PM

Slackware 12.1 includes ntfs-3g and FUSE by default, so you can mount NTFS partitions. Do a search in the forums for "ntfs-3g" and you should find plenty of information. As for the FAT32 partition, that should be a no-brainer. See `man mount` and `man fstab` for more information.

shadowsnipes · 06-15-2008, 11:10 PM

I'll post a couple of sample lines for you to chew on. These are actually what I use in one of my systems.
A sample FAT32 fstab entry

Code:

/dev/hdb3        /mnt/MEDIA       vfat        defaults,gid=102,umask=007,utf8			1	0

FAT32 = vfat
I have a special group called crossover (gid 102) that I allow to have full perms to certain partitions such as this one.
The umask makes all the perms rwx for owner (root) and group (crossover) with no perms for others.
owner, user, and uid are also useful options to look into.

A sample NTFS fstab entry

Code:

/dev/hda1	/mnt/Windows		ntfs-3g		defaults,noauto,gid=102,umask=007	0	0

Similar to the last, but NTFS = ntfs-3g and as said before uses NTFS-3G (which makes use of fuse).

I choose not to have my Windows partition mounted automatically, so noauto is used.

Do keep in mind that NTFS-3G does not allow you to set sane perms for Windows! Any new files you create will have perms for 'Everyone'. If this matters to you (ie. its a shared computer), my suggestion to you is to set perms on the main folder(s) of the partition in Windows and then have the files and folders underneath inherit perms. Using a methodology like this you can still have some sane permissions in Windows for a shared computer.

glore2002 · 06-16-2008, 07:30 AM

Hello back!
This is how my /etc/fstab looks like:

Code:

/dev/sda6        swap             swap        defaults         0   0
/dev/sda3        /                ext3        defaults         1   1
/dev/sda4        /home            ext3        defaults         1   2
/dev/sda1        /ntfs-c          ntfs-3g     umask=000        1   0
/dev/sda5        /fat32-d         vfat        defaults         1   0
#/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom       auto        noauto,owner,ro  0   0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner     0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0
tmpfs            /dev/shm         tmpfs       defaults         0   0

This is not a shared computer (just my computer at home). So, there exist two users: Root and my user. I want to let both full access to win partitions.

I don't have any floppy disk. So, can I comment that line?
Thanks.
Glore2002.-

shadowsnipes · 06-16-2008, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glore2002

Hello back!
This is how my /etc/fstab looks like:

Code:

/dev/sda6        swap             swap        defaults         0   0
/dev/sda3        /                ext3        defaults         1   1
/dev/sda4        /home            ext3        defaults         1   2
/dev/sda1        /ntfs-c          ntfs-3g     umask=000        1   0
/dev/sda5        /fat32-d         vfat        defaults         1   0
#/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom       auto        noauto,owner,ro  0   0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner     0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0
tmpfs            /dev/shm         tmpfs       defaults         0   0

This is not a shared computer (just my computer at home). So, there exist two users: Root and my user. I want to let both full access to win partitions.

I don't have any floppy disk. So, can I comment that line?
Thanks.
Glore2002.-

Yes, you can just comment out or delete the floppy line, but it doesn't hurt anything being there either.

umask=000, as you have on your ntfs-c partition will give rwx perms to everyone. dmask and fmask can be used to mask perms on directories and files, respectively.

Really, you just need to go through the options in man mount and see what you want (particularly under the -o option section and the Mount options for fat section).

Since the computer is just for your I suggest using the uid option for your FAT32/NTFS mounts.

Also make sure you created your mount point directories (/fat32-d /ntfs-c) before using them. It is standard to place them under /mnt, but you can put them pretty much where ever you like.

willysr · 06-16-2008, 10:31 AM

here's my FAT32 entries on my fstab:

Code:

/dev/hda5        /mnt/win_d       vfat        defaults,user,umask=0,rw         1   0
/dev/hda6        /mnt/win_e       vfat        defaults,user,umask=0,rw         1   0

glore2002 · 06-16-2008, 11:04 AM

Thank you!

umask=000 did the trick. Now I can access my win partitions.

Glore2002.-

shadowsnipes · 06-16-2008, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glore2002

Thank you!

umask=000 did the trick. Now I can access my win partitions.

Glore2002.-

I'm glad you are happy with it

You can share more than data by the way. You can share things such as platform independent binaries (java programs, dos programs with dosbox, roms, etc). You can also share your firefox profile, thunderbird mail, and other stuff between Windows and Linux.