Can i operate NTFS partitions from the linux OS on the same machine....
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Can i operate NTFS partitions from the linux OS on the same machine....
Hi guyz,
i have a window xp////on the same machine i installed linux mint9.....mostly i am using linux mint9.....i want to operate my NTFS (Window XP) Partitions from linux mint9.....Is this possible ? How ?
only with apt-get install ntfs-config.....after installation complete how we can i access the ntfs partition?? shall i use mount option for the same......well if i made a directory in linux and mount the win ntfs....is this possible dear....
Last edited by vkmahajan123; 07-15-2010 at 02:43 AM.
Yes, you need to mount the partition and if you want it permanent, put an entry in /etc/fstab. To get accurate advice, you need to post your partition information. Log in to a terminal and enter: sudo fdisk -l (Lower case Letter L in the command).
A little patience please, 30 minutes is not a long time to wait on a forum for a response!
I believe LinuxMint can already read/write a NTFS partition.
Follow yancek instruction and provide the partition layout by command "fdisk -l" so that others can advise you how to mount a ntfs partition, assuming you dislike reading books or type "man mount" at the terminal to learn how to mount a partition.
My curiosity finally got hold of me so I booted up a box with LinuxMint 8 installed in partition sda21 as one of the Linux distros inside.
When I click "MY Document" which is LinuxMint's File Manager at the desktop I could see all my Win2k, Xp, Vista and Win7 partitions. By clicking them LinuxMint mounts them immediately to show the contents inside each partition.
Here is my /etc/fstab showing none of ntfs partition has been required to be mounted
Code:
saikee-desktop-Mint8 saikee # cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda13 during installation
/dev/sda21 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
All I did was to click the 4 ntfs partitions in the "My Document" and here is the proof all of them got mounted by the mouse clicks.
saikee-desktop-Mint8 saikee # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1e76ce75
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 7001 56235501 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 7002 14002 56235532+ 1c Hidden W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3 14003 21003 56235532+ b5 Unknown
/dev/sda4 21004 182401 1296429435 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 21004 21204 1614501 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 21205 28205 56235501 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 28206 35206 56235501 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 35207 42207 56235501 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda9 42208 49208 56235501 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda10 49209 56209 56235501 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda11 56210 59710 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 59711 63211 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 63212 66712 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda14 66713 70213 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda15 70214 73714 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda16 73715 77215 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda17 77216 80716 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda18 80717 84217 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda19 84218 87718 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda20 87719 91219 28121751 83 Linux
/dev/sda21 91220 93220 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda22 93221 95221 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda23 95222 97222 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda24 97223 99223 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda25 99224 101224 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda26 101225 103225 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda27 103226 105226 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda28 105227 107227 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda29 107228 109228 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda30 109229 111229 16073001 83 Linux
/dev/sda31 111230 112230 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda32 112231 113231 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda33 113232 114232 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda34 114233 115233 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda35 115234 116234 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda36 116235 117235 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda37 117236 118236 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda38 118237 119237 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda39 119238 120238 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda40 120239 121239 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda41 121240 122240 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda42 122241 123241 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda43 123242 124242 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda44 124243 125243 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda45 125244 126244 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda46 126245 127245 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda47 127246 128246 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda48 128247 129247 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda49 129248 130248 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda50 130249 131249 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda51 131250 132250 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda52 132251 133251 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda53 133252 134252 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda54 134253 135253 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda55 135254 136254 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda56 136255 137255 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda57 137256 138256 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda58 138257 139257 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda59 139258 140258 8040501 83 Linux
/dev/sda60 140259 141259 8040501 83 Linux
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf3c50f18
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 243202 1953514583+ ee GPT
Conclusion : To operate any ntfs partition in LinuxMint is just to use the mouse to click that partition in the File Manager!
As far as I could tell most Linux will mount a partition if we just click it in a desktop. Right clicking it again would open the option to unmount it.
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