how to use NTFS drives ?

[krates]

Just tell me how to i installed

NTFS 3G

i am using UBUNTU 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition

i am a n00b in linux

so please help me out

if you can post your own tut it will be great as i have wasted 1 hour in following many tuts on net

thanks
krates

[hullap]

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g ntfs-config

then start

sudo ntfs-config

it should autodetect them

[Faun]

ntfs-3g is installed in ubuntu 8.04 by default

[hullap]

then install ntfs-config to make your work easier

[Dark Star]

You can't use it or its not mounting automatically ?

Try this for enabling automount open terminal and try this

sudo gedit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi

Replace the 1'st with 2'nd

<merge key="storage.automount_enable_hint" type="bool">false</merge>
to 
<merge key="storage.automount_enable_hint" type="bool">true</merge>

That will do the job I think

Regards

[SunnyChahal]

In Ubuntu we can read and write the NTFS drive by default.Can't we?I use Ubuntu 8.04.1 and all my Vista drives are accessible.

[Faun]

^^yup

[Dark Star]

Originally Posted by Sunny1211993

In Ubuntu we can read and write the NTFS drive by default.Can't we?I use Ubuntu 8.04.1 and all my Vista drives are accessible.

yes you can . but ubuntu 8.04 doesn't mount the HDD automatically so everytime you have to click on it to mount it or use the option I gave

[krates]

Hey thanks still showing you don't have privilege to access e:

and yea NTFS config tool is there in

System < administration

but when i click on it it does not runs

bump

[Dark Star]

^^have you tried what I posted !

[krates]

hey dark star pm me your yahoo or msn or add me i am getting mad

[Faun]

switch to windoz, tension kyu lene ka

[kalpik]

Originally Posted by krates

hey dark star pm me your yahoo or msn or add me i am getting mad

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