How to mount NTFS on Feisty?

[Dark Star]

Help me guys the heading says ever thing plz help me in mounting NTFS on Ubuntu 7.04 . Plz tell me each way .. Help would be appreciated

[sachin_kothari]

here, this topic is already discussed for debian.
ubuntu will not be any different.
Unable to mount NTFS Partitions

[Dark Star]

Plz some 1 explain me how to do that plz

[praka123]

the distro is called not "festive" it is Ubuntu Feisty
there is a guide online called ubuntu guide @
http://ubuntuguide.org which neatly explains things.
now did u got internet configured on Feisty?

[Dark Star]

OOps a goof up thanks for the link though Book marked

But i did not have dual boot will it work.. Commands from Terminal would be appreciated

And I did not have any system tools option under application

[praka123]

open a terminal from menu(Applications>Accessories>terminal) or right click menu open terminal.then from terminal after the "$" prompt enter below commands and paste the output here.

:~$ sudo fdisk   -l

^ remember space is btwn the fdisk and "-l"(small letter L) .space is honoured in UNIX.unlike in DOS.
OK post ur output here

And u dint answer whether u got internet on Ubuntu-which connection type etc

[Dark Star]

Arrey dude I know that fdisk -l command .. Ya currently surfing thru Ubuntu 256 kBps UL

Output

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1275    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            1276        6949    45576405    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3            6950        9728    22322317+  83  Linux
/dev/sda5            1276        3825    20482843+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6            3826        6757    23551258+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7            6758        6949     1542208+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

As u can see there are 2 NTFS partition I ..

Some 1 help plz

[praka123]

As u know in Unix-like systems,normal users are void of permission to mess with areas where they are not allowed.so we use "sudo" or "su" to gain permission hoping ur the admin of ur system.
isnt the feisty installer asks where to mount ur partns.it may be mounted there at /media/sda* directories.
anyways,
for mounting ntfs as read only is what u can do without ntfs-3g support.
I suppose u want read-write support with ntfs.so make sure u have a good /etc/apt/sources.list

# # If you get GPG errors with this sources.list, locate the GPG key in this file
# # and run these commands (where KEY is replaced with that key)
# #
# # gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys KEY
# # gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -
#Ubuntu Security
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse

# # Ubuntu supported packages
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

#
# # Ubuntu community supported packages
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates universe multiverse

# # Ubuntu backports project
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

#### Proposed Multiverse ####
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

#### Canonical Commercial ####
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free

^^ make sure u have enabled repositories.my feisty sources.list that is.
for more info on adding repositories:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:F...a_repositories
if u want to edit that file(/etc/apt/sources.list) use below command if u dont know the cli editor's way:
press ALT+F2 to get run dialog.enter below commands and press enter to get the file edited:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

do an "

apt-get update

" or use menu System>administration>synaptic manager-press reload.
then do :

~$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

install it or use synaptic package manager to install it.
then edit ur /etc/fstab (hoping it is not mounted earlier)
from RUN dialog as earlier:

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

if u find any entries with /dev/sda1 or /dev/sda6 before itself,just put a hash"#" infront of the line and save.then add below entries and save,exit:

/dev/sda1      /media/sda1     ntfs-3g  silent,umask=0,locale=en_US.UTF-8  0  0
/dev/sda6      /media/sda6     ntfs-3g  silent,umask=0,locale=en_US.UTF-8  0  0

make sure to make directories in /media if already not there :

:~$ sudo mkdir /media/sda1

:~$ sudo mkdir /media/sda6

mount again:

:~$sudo mount -a

neglect the UUID entry system.dont worry

[mehulved]

I think someone recommended installing ntfs-config rather. It downloads some extra tools along with ntfs-3g, for configuration.

[Dark Star]

Plz tell me how to get that ntfs config ?

[praka123]

if u felt the explanation's tough go to:
http://flomertens.free.fr/ntfs-config

[Dark Star]

Its not workin dude plz help me :'(

[praka123]

I've tried explaining things as n00bish friendly as possible.wait for someone else be here to help u?

[mehulved]

Please help me I don't have pyschic powers.

[Dark Star]

Did it thanks

[kalpik]

sudo apt-get install ntfs-config

Then goto applications->system tools->ntfs config

[QwertyManiac]

Originally Posted by kalpik

sudo apt-get install ntfs-config

Then goto applications->system tools->ntfs config

Arent we getting tired of saying this 2 checkbox method all the time? We needz a sticky!

[kalpik]

Agree..

[eddie]

Originally Posted by QwertyManiac

Arent we getting tired of saying this 2 checkbox method all the time? We needz a sticky!

...and you think that would help? Do you seriously think people like to read stickies and search forum?

If they searched and read the posts of just kalpik and praka123...we would have a really silent Open Source section.

[mehulved]

If people read stickies Open Source would have surely had half the number of threads it currently has.

[QwertyManiac]

Right too, but then we could point out to one sticky and give mehulved more trouble closing threads

[Dark Star]

Off I 'll post a guide on NTFS mounting though with hard experience I learned all the steps and I can recognise any at any time Wil post 2 guides on Ubuntu soon