[SOLVED] NTFS partition is not mounted on startup

512upload · 10-13-2010, 06:25 AM

I have 2 partitions on my computer:

one is "64 GB ext4" (with Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit)
and the other one is "Data 436 GB NTFS" (just for storing files)

On startup the second partition is not mounted before I click on "Locais" - this is in Portuguese (the button between Applications and System on the top bar) > "Data".

How do I make Ubuntu mount this partition on startup?

prayag_pjs · 10-13-2010, 06:37 AM

Know the exact partition number using:

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sudo fdisk -l

Create a directory to mount ntfs partition

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mkdir /mnt/cdrive

edit /etc/fstab to mount partition permanently(suppose your ntfs partition is /dev/sda1)

vi /etc/fstab

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/dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrive auto defaults 0 0

After reboot you will have ntfs partition mounted on /mnt/cdrive

512upload · 10-13-2010, 07:25 AM

Thank you for your early reply, but there is a problem: I can now access the NTFS drive on startup, but now Transmission can't access the data in this drive. What can I do to fix this?

prayag_pjs · 10-13-2010, 07:34 AM

Hi,

What is Transmission ?

512upload · 10-13-2010, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prayag_pjs

Hi,

What is Transmission ?

It's a BitTorrent client.

eSelix · 10-18-2010, 07:10 PM

First you must known where the NTFS partition was mounted. After clicking "Locais" go to console and give a command

Code:

cat /etc/mtab

On the last line you should see the newly mounted partition, it should has ntfs in 3rd column. You can directly copy this line to /etc/fstab file. You can also need to add to options (4th column) a string 'umask=0000' after a colon. Look at 'man mount', section ntfs, for description and more options.

prayag_pjs · 10-18-2010, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 512upload

Transmission can't access the data in this drive. What can I do to fix this?

But how its accessing the drive you mean to say you are not allowed to save anything to that NTFS drive through Transmission.Be specific and elaborate your issue

512upload · 10-19-2010, 04:55 AM

I've figured out what I did wrong. I thought that by changing the downloads folder of Transmission it would recognize automatically the downloads in the new downloads folder mounted in /mnt/cdrive, but I have to open the torrents again indicating the new folder for downloads so that Transmission recognizes the already downloaded files.

Thanks a lot!

512upload · 10-28-2010, 04:09 AM

I have another issue related to this subject:

When I try to make a folder inside cdrive shared, the opened window closes and the folder is not set as shared. Could this be a problem of this mouting method or a problem with Ubuntu 10.10 64-bits? Either way, what can I do to solve it?

TobiSGD · 10-28-2010, 04:29 AM

If you use only Ubuntu on your box (you wrote you have only two partitions) why are you using NTFS to store your files? I would use something native as ext4 or similar.

512upload · 10-28-2010, 04:51 AM

"If you use only Ubuntu on your box (you wrote you have only two partitions) why are you using NTFS to store your files?"

No reason in particular.

"I would use something native as ext4 or similar."

Does it matter?
If this partition was formatted in ext4 would this sharing issue not occur?
Can I transform this NTFS partition into ext4 without having to backup the files stored in it? If yes, how?

prayag_pjs · 10-28-2010, 04:54 AM

How you mounting ntfs drive ?

jschiwal · 10-28-2010, 04:56 AM

No, but it the drive is less than half full, you could:

Resize the ntfs partition by 1/2 or more
create an ext4 partition in the empty space
copy the files to the new partition
delete the now empty ntfs partition
resize the ext4 partition, or create a new partition in the empty space

If you aren't dual booting, or sharing an external drive with a Windows computer, you don't want to use the NTFS file-system. You can't repair it if the filesystem becomes corrupt.

TobiSGD · 10-28-2010, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 512upload

"If you use only Ubuntu on your box (you wrote you have only two partitions) why are you using NTFS to store your files?"

No reason in particular.

"I would use something native as ext4 or similar."

Does it matter?
If this partition was formatted in ext4 would this sharing issue not occur?
Can I transform this NTFS partition into ext4 without having to backup the files stored in it? If yes, how?

Does it matter? I think yes. NTFS misses the file permission attributes of Linux, and so your sharing issue can be caused by using NTFS.

512upload · 10-28-2010, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prayag_pjs

How you mounting ntfs drive ?

The way you told me on your first reply to this post.