NTFS/Automounting

UV_Blue · 03-21-2005, 12:49 PM

I am fairly new to Linux, I can do something if I know how, but that's the problem, I don't even know where to start, so I figured here was as good of a place as any. I need to mount the NTFS partition /Dev/hda1 to /mnt/windows at boot, and give permission to all sub-folders/files to users. How would I go about doing this? I have added a module to my Fedora Core 3 kernel (2.6.10-1.770) to allow it to recognize NTFS partitions. If someone could give me a step by step guide or basic overview along with why you do certain things I would appreciate it.

nadroj · 03-21-2005, 12:59 PM

there is a file in the /etc (configuration) folder. it is used to store information about your 'file system table'. its full path is '/etc/fstab'. open a terminal window and login as root and edit that file, for example type the following at the prompt to do this:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

it will ask for the root password for the sudo (super-user do) command, so make sure you have that and enter it in when asked. this will then open the program 'gedit' (similar to M$'s wordPad) and load the file /etc/fstab. add a line to the end of this file to have a location auto-mounted on bootup.
here is an example of a line i added to have one of my NTFS partitions auto-mounted on boot:

Code:

/dev/hdb5       /mnt/win3       ntfs    auto,users,umask=000,rw 0 0

you can use that just replacing the 2 paths, if you like.

edit: also, be sure to watch your spelling of the paths you enter in, linux is case sensitive. /Dev is not /dev.

jollyjoice · 03-21-2005, 12:59 PM

crack open a terminal and log in as root, you'll need to edit your fstab so do this with

Code:

nano /etc/fstab

u'll want to create a new entry along the lines of:

Code:

/dev/hda1     /mnt/windows  ntfs   users,noatime,auto   0 0

I can't remember the exact syntax but base it on the other entires, this shoul allow it to mount at boot.

UV_Blue · 03-21-2005, 01:07 PM

Is umask used to change the ownership, or is that chmod? What's the difference between the 2?

nadroj · 03-21-2005, 01:13 PM

taken from here:

uid=value, gid=value and umask=value
Set the file permission on the filesystem. The umask value is given in octal. By default, the files are owned by root and not readable by somebody else.

info about chmod here

UV_Blue · 03-21-2005, 01:18 PM

Wow! Thank you so much, I would have expected someone to at least yell at me for being so stupid, but you just answered calmly and helped me like it was nothing, thank you!!!

nadroj · 03-21-2005, 01:20 PM

your very welcome.
im very much a newb to linux, so if i were to rag on you, it would come back on me sooner or later! no good comes from that kind of attitude anyways
its not a matter of being stupid, either.. everyone starts from knowing nothing.

sabeeh · 03-22-2005, 10:16 AM

how to mount FAT32 or FAT drives of windows

jollyjoice · 03-22-2005, 10:40 AM

same, just replace ntfs with vfat or msdos, vfat = fat32.