I just installed Ubuntu. It went off without a hitch, except that I had problems with my video card (this is on a custom-built laptop, so I expected it). However, I want to pull some files off of my Widows partitions and I don't know how to get Ubuntu to recognize them. I am really new to Linux, and I was happy to see SUSE 9.1 set this up automatically. But Ubuntu doesn't. So, what do I need to do? I have heard that I may need a package to recognize NTFS. If thats all I need I shouldn't have any trouble, but I am going to guess its harder than that.

HI,

I dont know if Ubuntu's default kernel has the NTFS drivers built into into it...

do this ----> #fdisk -l [if u cant find where fdisk is do-->#whereis fdisk]

that should list ur ntfs partitions if recognized...

in the following example i ma assuming ntfs to be on hdb1 --> so make changes accordingly..


mkdir /mnt/ntfs_disk1
mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /mnt/ntfs_disk1 [this should tell u if ntfs is supported by ur kenel]

chmod -R 777 /mnt/ntfs_disk1

If every thing goes well..... ie. if u see ur windows partition mounted...


You will have to edit the /etc/fstab file to mount it automatically... from next reboot


/dev/hdb1 /mnt/ntfs_disk1 ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0

ro ---> read-only
rw---->read-write


If u wanna write into ntfs partition Captive ntfs is a better option...

I guess Ubuntu does support NTFS because I managed to mount my Windows partition. However, I can only access it as root. I read the man on chmod and realize that was supposed to change the permission on the files. When I ran the command I got a bunch of lines moving too fast for me to read, but the first part read something along the lines of "set permission." Is it possible it set the permission for all the sub files and not ntfs_disk1?

set ur umask-->0000

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/ntfs_disk1 ntfs ro,umask=0000 0 0

The fstab file does not show the partition I am trying to mount (hda5). However, I can see it when I run fdisk -l. I also have the problem of not knowing how to modify fstab because only root has permission, and I can't log in as root and use a text editor because of the way ubuntu is set up. The only way I can access it is from the console using sudo. So, any thoughts?

you have to edit the /etc/fstab [it wont by default have the entry..]

use sudo to go into root mode..

u will have a command line text editor like nano, vi or emacs
#nano or #vi or #emacs

use it to edit the /etc/fstab and put the following enty

/dev/hda5 /mnt/ntfs_disk1 ntfs ro,umask=0000 0 0

make sure u save it ..and reboot the system ..

Alright, that worked great. Thanks for the help!