NTSF for Acer Aspire One installation problem

wheatontrue · 10-12-2010, 09:30 PM

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

Meson · 10-12-2010, 09:38 PM

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.

wheatontrue · 10-12-2010, 10:48 PM

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?

Meson · 10-13-2010, 05:39 AM

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.

wheatontrue · 10-13-2010, 02:08 PM

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.