cant mount windows partition in debian 5

**dharanitharan** · 06-27-2009

hi frenz,
i cant mount the windows partitions in debian 5 linux..... at the booting time it shows an error message of " error: partitions mounted on read only mode".... Is there any other way to mount partitions in write mode..... initially my partitions dont get mounted at all..... i did some tweaks to mount in the file "/etc/fstab" .... after that partitions get mounted but only in the read mode....please suggest me a solution.......

**Saltamontes** · 06-28-2009

i don't have tried yet to mount a NTFS on boot...
(i only mount it as root when i need it)

how did you tried to mount the partition???

you could use ntfs-3g

you need to install it and, i think, add the line at fstab

Code:

/dev/[device]  /media/Win2  ntfs-3g  rw,user,auto  1  1

this is all "the light" in my head.

See you

**dharanitharan** · 06-29-2009

actually wat ll this command do.... wat s ntfs-3g

**devils casper** · 06-29-2009

ntfs-3g package enables NTFS write access. Its pre-installed in most of distros but I am not sure if its pre-installed in Debian.

Let say, /dev/sda1 is NTFS Partition.
Execute this to mount it using ntfs-3g option.

Code:

su -
umount /dev/sda1
mkdir /media/sda1
mount -t ntfs-3g  /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 -o defaults,umask=0

If above command doesn't throw any error, ntfs-3g is pre-installed. Check if you can create file/folder in NTFS Partition, /media/sda1.

In case it works, edit /etc/fstab file :

Code:

/media/sda1     /dev/sda1    ntfs-3g   defaults,umask=0  0  0

**Saltamontes** · 06-29-2009

ntfs-3g is not preinstalled on Debian

in order to install it (as root):

Code:

apt-get install ntfs-3g

or

Code:

aptitude install ntfs-3g

**dharanitharan** · 07-01-2009

hi dc this is my filesystem table... have a look at this....

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda11 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda3 /media/sda3 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0

i had created the directories as mentioned above.... but i cant mount in write mode now also......

**devils casper** · 07-01-2009

Execute these commands :

Code:

su -
umount /dev/sda1
mount -t ntfs-3g  /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 -o defaults,umask=0

Does mount command throw any error? If not then try to create a file in /media/sda1 folder. If everything works fine, replace ntfs with ntfs-3g in /etc/fstab file and execute mount -a command.

**Saltamontes** · 07-01-2009

Originally Posted by dharanitharan

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda11 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda3 /media/sda3 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0
mode now also......

did you tried the command provided by devil casper???
did you tried to change ntfs for ntfs-3g???

which errors do you get???

**dharanitharan** · 07-01-2009

ya i changed.... but after changing that partitions din't get mount....

**devils casper** · 07-01-2009

Code:

umount /dev/sda1
mount -t ntfs-3g  /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 -o defaults,umask=0
cd /media/sda1
touch test

Execute these commands and post exact output here.

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