I have mounted my windows partition successfully. Ive messed around for awhile trying to get write access on that drive, but i havent had any success. here is my fstab, im sure i just need to change something in here, but im just not sure what.


thanks in advance

ntfs write with linux is still kinda flimsy, Read Me

That ro (read only) can't be right. This is what my fat32 windows partition looks like in fstab:

I would think that if you simply changed vfat to ntfs, it would work; at least insofar as ntfs writing can work. I've heard that the newer kernels handle it fairly well.

Is /c an actual directory on your linux box?

NTFS and FAT32 are very different.

You cannot reliably and safely write to NTFS. There are tools to do it, and some supposedly "work," but I would not risk it.

the best ive heard of read/write onto ntfs can reliable write to files as long as you dont change the file lenght(size). there are some projects that make some lofty claims, but i dont know how well they work.

Look... I have had the same EXACT problems in the past!

Do EXACTLY this and you will have no further problems.

Go to System>Administration>Login Window. Click on the Security Tab and check the box that reads, "Allow Local System Administrator Login".

THEN, Log in as 'Root'. Go to your Windows folder, right-Click on it and scroll down to 'Properties'. Click on that and then click on the 'Permissions' Tab. You will now see 'Owner, Group, Others'.
Check all the boxes next to "Write" and log in again as a normal user.


Do NOT attempt to write to an NTFS partition! You CANT! Trust me! I dont care what everyone tells you about all the software out there that allows you to! If you're just a regular linux user, you are in for a BIG dissapointment!

Use a Fat32 Partition in order to access your files.





Good Luck!

Your only going to get read access only. Your best bet is to install a shared drive to use between windows and linux. I have a seperate 120gig drive just to share and then add the line.

I've heard but i cant confirm this even the read and write access that is out for linux is not 100% stable and you can risk losing and corrupting data.

read/write for fat32/vfat is 100% stable and reliable.
read for ntfs is about 90% reliable and no cooruption can occur if in read only
but as i said, and a few others have as well, write access on ntfs in linux is dangerous.
It should _NOT_ be attempted unless you have backed up all the data on the partition first.

in other words...........if you like your windoooze install a seperate shared hard drive.


....if you only use windows for internet and word processing.....switch 100% to ubuntu

Is that what i said?

Basicly yeah, get a shared harddrive and format it fat32.

EXACTALICKALY!

.....not enough coffee......when im like this i tend to only read the first sentences

Apparently not when the Windows NTFS driver itself is used.

it is not that important for me to be able to write to my windows partition. i can see that its not even worth the risk to add write permissions on my ntfs partition. so i guess i wont even worry about it anymore

i think i finally have ubuntu running to my liking, i havent booted into windows for a couple weeks now.

I have been playing with ntfs-3g. It's pretty stable. But sure, backup important data in the ntfs partition before trying to write in case...