Ubuntu

Drives Not Allowing Writing

Asked by Cathal Cummins

As this problem has been solved a thousand times before, I am not asking for a solution, I am just inquiring as to whether it is possible. I am unfamiliar with the commands.

Just installed Ubuntu 7.04 - the Feisty Fawn

hda = Master Drive (running XP)

hdb1 = first partition with storage
hdb2 = second partition with Ubuntu running

I can't access hdb1 let alone hda without a password prompt.

When I log on as root, fair enough, I can, but even still, the drive is still only read only.

So my question is: Will it be possible for me (in both root@cathal-desktop and cathal@cathal-desktop) to read and write to all the drives with a dew tweaks of fstab (something I can't actually do yet)?

$ fdisk -l

gives:

root@cathal-desktop:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7297 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 7296 58605088+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdb: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 43035 345678606 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdb2 * 43036 48406 43142557+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 48407 48641 1887637+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 48407 48641 1887606 82 Linux swap / Solaris

If so then grand I'll keep looking.

Have I given enough information?

Thanks

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Best Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) said : 		#1

you want to write to hdb1 or hda1?, well in both cases you use ntfs, and the read/write support for linux is "experimental", but if you still want to try you can use ntfs-3g, to access the disk instead of the default ntfs filesystem module from the kernel.

please before to do so, read carefully the documentation, and take a look at /usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g/Readme once you installed the ntfs-3g or ntfs-config packages.

NOTE: the ntfs-3g driver says that is "stable" but i can't make assure you that, because i've never use it.

hope this helps

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Cathal Cummins (cathalcummins) said : 		#2

It's funny, I came across this system tool a while ago but i thought it was "too good to be true" thing. And then I thought it might be bad for the system. It got 5 stars so, primitively speaking, it can't be al that bad.

I installed it and it sorted out the problem.

Your help was invaluable.

I find it odd that more people with my problem were not out onto this app. Perhaps my dilemma was of a different flavour?

Anyway, now my system reads/writes to both discs with any user.

Thank you, I can now begin my exploration of the OS.

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Cathal Cummins (cathalcummins) said : 		#3

Thanks Basilio Kublik, that solved my question.