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  1. 05-13-2005 #1
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    can't write to ntfs partition

    although it' mounted automaticly by Mandriva 10.1 installation
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    Linux support for write operations to NTFS is still buggy, so it mounts it read-only by default. If you want to risk your data you can make it mount in read-write mode, but at your own risk... You could convert the NTFS to a FAT32 partition, if that's an option. Otherwise, there are third-party tools that make it possible to write from within Linux to NTFS, but I've heard it's pretty slow.
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    Currently, the best write support for NTFS in the linux world seems to be with captive NTFS: http://freshmeat.net/projects/captive/
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    Ok, i changed the partition to FAT32.
    but now there's no automatic mounting for this disk.
    i know that i have to change the fstab file but what is the right option for fat32
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    It would be easier to tell you what to change if you posted your fstab (just to make sure we don't miss something).
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    Quote Originally Posted by nautilu
    Ok, i changed the partition to FAT32.
    but now there's no automatic mounting for this disk.
    i know that i have to change the fstab file but what is the right option for fat32
    The only way to change a NTFS partition to FAT32, would be to erase the partition, then reinstall Windows with FAT32.
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    1. it's not the primary partition of windows
    2. the Partition magic didn't have any problems to do that.
    3. there still a problem, there's no auto mounting. here's the fstab:

    /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
    /dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
    /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8,sync 0 0
    /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_c2 vfat umask=0,nls=utf8 0 0
    none /proc proc defaults 0 0
    /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

    i'm talking about /dev/hdb1/ wich is now FAT32
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    Quote Originally Posted by nautilu
    1. it's not the primary partition of windows
    2. the Partition magic didn't have any problems to do that.
    3. there still a problem, there's no auto mounting. here's the fstab:

    /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
    /dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
    /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8,sync 0 0
    /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_c2 vfat umask=0,nls=utf8 0 0
    none /proc proc defaults 0 0
    /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

    i'm talking about /dev/hdb1/ wich is now FAT32
    Seems all right to me... Can you do
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    mount -a
    as root in the console? Then it should mount your hdb1 in the /mnt/win-c2 directory, you can check that afterwards. I had a partition that wouldn't mount at boot (although it was a regular Linux partition, ReiserFS!). I had to do everytime mount -a, after some days it suddenly automounted at boot...

    Otherwise you could try
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  9. 05-15-2005 #9
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    no
    it says:

    Code:
    mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1,
       or too many mounted file systems
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