[SGVLUG] NTFS drive

[Ron Quan]

"noauto" will cause the kernel to only mount the drive when you give
it an explicit command to mount. If you want to it mount automatically
on boot, then you must use "auto"

On 7/10/05, Manuel Fernandes <manuelf at mailblocks.com> wrote:
> I'll go through the link today. You'll see that I'm trying to load up my
> old ntfs  partition as win. Once I do that, I don't mind initially using
> it in read-only mode and access it via ftp or samba.
> 
> 
> /etc/fstab
> ----------
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0
> 1
> /dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/hda2       /win            ntfs    noauto,ro,users 0       2
> /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
> /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 03:32 -0700, Ron Quan wrote:
> > Please post the line(s) that you added and the drive/partitions information.
> >
> > To troubleshoot:
> > 1) Make sure you have created the directory that you wish to mount the
> > NTFS partition to
> >
> > 2) Try running the "mount" command manually on the ntfs line to see if
> > your line generates errors
> >
> > Be aware that writing to NTFS partitions, even in kernel 2.6, is not
> > recommended. I would mount as read-only. Please correct me if my
> > understanding is outdated?
> >
> > Here's a concise page regarding fstab.
> > http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html
> >
> >
> > On 7/10/05, Manuel Fernandes <manuelf at mailblocks.com> wrote:
> > > Can someone provide me some information or site of loading up an NTFS
> > > drive/partition within Debian.
> > >
> > > I've tried mounting it by adding the necessary line in the etc/fstab
> > > file but nothing comes up.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
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