NTSF for Acer Aspire One installation problem - installed by still can't write
 

Help!

When I "yum install ntfs-3g" from the root commandline on my Acer Aspire One, I still can't write to the 500 GB drive I just bought.

I installed it once, and it installed fine, but I still can't write to it. I tried installing again but it just says it has already been installed.

I really need to back up my Acer One and re-format everything, as I am getting some corrupted memory.

Thanks

Are you mounting it specifically with ntfs-3g through the command line or fstab? Or are you using gnome and automounting it with gvfs? I think gvfs has a tendency to use the alternative ntfs utility without write support.

Hmm.

After installing I have only just tried plugging it in and tried to dump some data onto it from the file manager.

This not how to do it?

Well, run "mount" and look at what driver it's mounted with. If it's not ntfs-3g, then you know what your problem is.

Well, fortunately, I figured out how to use umount and ntsf-config

UNFORTUNATELY, I got the black screen of death after moving around some files and lost 75 GB of stuff that I never backed up.

sigh.