Mounting NTFS, Mandriva 2009.1 (Spring, 32-bit)
Yes, I know 2009.1 is out of date. But I am doing a temporary backup project and I have to use whatever Linux DVDs I have lying around. I want to relate a behavior that is counter-productive. My chassis is an HP Pavilion A350N mid-tower. The motherboard inside is an ASUS P4SD-LA (perhaps not the original motherboard). I have 1 GB RAM.
I am trying to copy files to a 1 TB SATA drive, which is partitioned as 800 GB NTFS and the rest EXT4.
Before I mount the NTFS partition, the mount point looks like this:
drwxr-xr-x /mnt/1tb-sdc1
After I mount the NTFS partition, it looks like this:
dr-x------ /mnt/1tb-sdc1 ntfs (rw)
And, predictably, when I try to copy files to this 1 TB drive, Midnight Commander says it is a read-only file system.
When I unmount the partition, the directory /mnt/1tb-sdc1 goes back to drwxr-xr-x.
But when I mount the EXT4 partition (onto /mnt/1tb-sdc2), the permissions do NOT change, and I can copy files freely.
What is changing the directory permissions on the NTFS mount? Is there some sort of protection mechanism in place? I want to copy stuff from IDE drives to the 1 TB SATA, since IDE systems are getting pretty rare these days. I am trying to get a machine that will read both, but 2 or 3 such systems died on me, just in the effort to get this file copying project done! (Also 2 electrical outlets in my computer room failed last week, and they will need a professional to repair; I think drywall must be torn out.)
I am working as root. I am experienced, and this machine has no internet access. It is a temporary rig. Also I need root permissions to copy stuff, mount partitions, etc. I am comfortable working as root for this file backup project.
Why do the permissions change on the NTFS mount (so I cannot copy the files I need to copy), and the permissions do not change on the EXT4 mount? Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Last edited by saturndude; 10-05-2014 at 04:24 AM.
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