Re: Help with NTFS & FAT32
I have /dev/sda3 as a ntfs partition and I can mount it with
mount -t ntfs /dev/sda3 /ntfs, where I have directory /ntfs for mounting
the ntfs partition. Your kernel should be able to read ntfs, otherwise
you will have a problem.
Hope this helps.
Sebastian
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH 45810.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 05:49:06PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> No need to post twice within 10 minutes :-) - not everybody reads their
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>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 12:37:09PM -0400, Blast wrote:
> > Hello, I'm using Debian and I have two partitions plus the Debian's, a
> > FAT32 and a NTFS ones, but I don't know how to make them accessible from
> > the start for users in my system. I've already installed ntfs-3g and
> > tried with fstab and /etc/rc.local, but I got nothing yet.
> > I will appreciate your help.
>
> I can't help you with NTFS, but the FAT32 ones should not pose a
> problem.
>
> Basically you need to mount the FAT32 partition somewhere - e.g. on
> /media/dos (or wherever you feel like). You'll need to edit your
> /etc/fstab to include the line:
>
> /dev/hda9 /media/dos vfat noauto,users 0 0
>
> The first bit (/media/hda9) is just a wild guess on my part: It
> identifies the partition on your hard disk - you should change this
> according to your own partitioning.
>
> The second bit (/media/dos) is where you want the files to appear -
> this should point to an empty directory.
>
> For users to use the partition, all they need to do is to mount it
> first, e.g.:
>
> fred$ mount /media/dos
>
> I suspect NTFS can be take care of in the same way, but I've never used
> it myself. YMMV.
>
> Hope this helps
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> Karl E. Jorgensen
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