On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:39:49 +0300 Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 12 July 2008 10:25, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:45:32 +0300 > > > > Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > I've sent this to debian-desktop but not much response there so > > > I'm trying here. > > > > > > I'd like lenny to be released with the feature to easily set it > > > up so that desktop users would be able to mount removable ntfs > > > filesystems R/W via the normal desktop mouting tools. > > > > > > Does anyone have an overview on this? > > > > > > Love. > > > > > > On Friday 20 June 2008 10:55, Shachar Or wrote: > > > > Is it possible to mount ntfs using ntfs-3g from KDE/Gnome and > > > > other desktops in lenny? > > > > > > > > If not, can we make this a debian-desktop goal? > > > > > > > > This is a feature that I find critical for desktops, because > > > > many desktop users use external storage with ntfs in it. > > > > -- > > > > Shachar Or | שחר אור > > > > http://ox.freeallweb.org/ > > > > Only a few things need to be changed in /etc/fstab to achieve your > > goal. Change the filesystem type from `ntfs' to `ntfs-3g' and > > include `rw' and `users' in the options. > > This has nothing to do with /etc/fstab becuase i'm talking about > removable devices. Talking about being able to purchase a USB MSC HDD > and plugging it in. > Yes, I understood it, but my statement still stands. If you use an individual device and want it to be hotpluggable, you may consider creating an udev rule with the VID:PID or UUID. Also don't forget to add the `noauto' option to the correspondning line in /etc/fstab, just to be sure. -- Nyizsa. http://nyizsa.uni.cc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
