Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 09:52:17AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Aug 3, 2007, at 9:37 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> I also read that if you mount >>> windows xp as vfat you can write to it. Even more sceptical. >> >> What do you mean by that? You can safely mount fat partitions for a long >>

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-08-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 3, 2007, at 9:37 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: I also read that if you mount windows xp as vfat you can write to it. Even more sceptical. What do you mean by that? You can safely mount fat partitions for a long time now. Yup, been there, done that, it works fine. It has consequences

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-08-04 Thread Stephan Hachinger
On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:51:50 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:17:21PM -0400, Phill Atwood wrote: > > > > > > > > Success. Although I can't say that I really understand. Setting > > umask=0222 in the /etc/fstab file did the trick. I don't und

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-08-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:17:21PM -0400, Phill Atwood wrote: > I had run into ntfs-3g while googling earlier. It does intrigue me. > Making my own package to install it is probably way over my head. > Although, I would like to get into package maintenance. If this is not > too big a piece to c

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-08-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:17:21PM -0400, Phill Atwood wrote: > > > > Success. Although I can't say that I really understand. Setting > umask=0222 in the /etc/fstab file did the trick. I don't understand why > mounting a ro partition to a directory with just write permissions would > work. 054

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-08-03 Thread Phill Atwood
On Sat, 2007-04-08 at 01:24 +0200, Stephan Hachinger wrote: > Hi Phil, > > err ... well, which suggestion? Anyway, I found the following: > Maybe it was Doug who made the suggestion. > * Are you using "alternative data streams" [sorry, that's an direct German to > English translation ... d

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-08-01 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:49:04AM +0200, pinniped wrote: > > (quote) > I still have the problem. ie. The windoze partition is > mounted automatically fine, but I can only cd to it if I am root. > (end quote) > > Do: > man mount > > Look at the 'Mount options for ntfs'. All your mysteries are ex

ntfs mount errors

2007-07-31 Thread pinniped
(quote) I still have the problem. ie. The windoze partition is mounted automatically fine, but I can only cd to it if I am root. (end quote) Do: man mount Look at the 'Mount options for ntfs'. All your mysteries are explained there - for example: "... By default, the files are owned by root a

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-07-31 Thread Phill Atwood
On Tue, 2007-31-07 at 21:14 +0200, Stephan Hachinger wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:26:41 -0400 > Phill Atwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Further to my problem of not being able to automatically mount my > > windows xp partition and cd to it as a regular user. > > > > >from dmesg: > >

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-07-31 Thread Phill Atwood
> > > > > > Further to my problem of not being able to automatically mount my > > > windows xp partition and cd to it as a regular user. > > > > > > >from dmesg: > > > > > > NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/W MODULE]. > > > NTFS volume version 3.1. > > > NTFS-fs warning (device sda1): load_system_fi

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-07-31 Thread Stephan Hachinger
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:26:41 -0400 Phill Atwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Further to my problem of not being able to automatically mount my > windows xp partition and cd to it as a regular user. > > >from dmesg: > > NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/W MODULE]. > NTFS volume version 3.1. > NTFS-

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-07-31 Thread Stephan Hachinger
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:26:41 -0400 Phill Atwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Further to my problem of not being able to automatically mount my > windows xp partition and cd to it as a regular user. > > >from dmesg: > > NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/W MODULE]. > NTFS volume version 3.1. > NTFS-

ntfs mount errors

2007-07-31 Thread Phill Atwood
Further to my problem of not being able to automatically mount my windows xp partition and cd to it as a regular user. from dmesg: NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/W MODULE]. NTFS volume version 3.1. NTFS-fs warning (device sda1): load_system_files(): Unsupported volume flags 0x4000 encountered. NTF