Re: NT file read/write access.
On Monday 18 June 2007 16:15, Fred - Knoppix-Fr wrote:
> Le lundi 18 juin 2007 21:49, Klaus Knopper a écrit :
> > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:00:25PM +0200, Fred - Knoppix-Fr wrote:
> > > Le lundi 18 juin 2007 17:56, Klaus Knopper a écrit :
> > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 05:07:31PM +0200, Fred - Knoppix-Fr
wrote:
> > > > > Le lundi 18 juin 2007 16:31, John R. Culleton a écrit :
> > > > > > On Monday 18 June 2007 09:53, Fred - Knoppix-Fr wrote:
> > > > > > > Le lundi 18 juin 2007 15:25, John R. Culleton a écrit :
> > > > > > > > Another distro, based on Slackware and called "Slax"
> > > > > > > > now has read/write access to NT partitions as a
> > > > > > > > standard feature. Does Knoppix have this feature
> > > > > > > > incorporated or is a special download still required?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > As far as I know, fuse and ntfs-3g is included in
> > > > > > > Knoppix 5.1.1
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It is not the default but it is included. When I was
> > > > > > > able to test it (no ntfs disk at home) I have mount the
> > > > > > > partition as root and specifies ntfs-3g in the command.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hope it helps
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And for example you specify ntfs-3g in the mount command
> > > > > > thus?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > mount /dev/hda2 -t ntfs-3g /mnt/tmp
> > > > > > ?
> > > > >
> > > > > yes I think that's what I made...
> > > >
> > > > Usually, you just need
> > > >
> > > > mount /media/hda1
> > > >
> > > > or click on the desktop icon, for mounting an NTFS partition
> > > > usig fuse+ntfs-3g. It is the default for NTFS partitions in
> > > > Knoppix.
> > >
> > > If I do remember what I tried, I first made this but it seems
> > > to only use ntfs and not ntfs-3g. And it seemed to behave
> > > differently if I specified ntfs type (as written in the fstab)
> > > or ntfs-3g type. Am I wrong ?
> >
> > In order to switch easily between ntfs-3g, libntfs and
> > kernel-ntfs, Knoppix always uses "ntfs" as file system type for
> > /etc/fstab. But mount.ntfs, which is automatically called unless
> > you use the -i option of mount, will use ntfs-3g as default.
> >
> > You can check by looking at the output of "mount" with no
> > parameters. ntfs-3g should appear as "fuse" or "fuseblk". Plus,
> > there should be a fusermount or ntfs-3g process running while the
> > partition is mounted.
>
> OK so I was wrong...
> Thank you for these explanations...
>
> Sincerely
I have learned that if I left click on the icon for the nt partition.
then right click on the same icon and choose read/write access, then
I get what I (and others) need to read and write files on a ntfs
partition. Since this file system is the default for MSWin the
feature we are discussing is essential for practical use of Knoppix
on MSWin systems.
--
John Culleton
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