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i just got a maxtor personal storage 3200 external hard drive.. but when i go to the "storage media" area it wont let me add anything to it and the ...
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i just got a maxtor personal storage 3200 external hard drive.. but when i go to the "storage media" area it wont let me add anything to it and the permissions say it is set to "can view only" and will not let me change the permissions.... can someone tell me what i need to do?
Could not change permissions for /media/sdb1.
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set value of umask to zero for universal read/write access.
Linux doesn't support NTFS write access out of box. install ntfs-3g package to enable NTFS write access.Code:mount -t <filesystem> <partition> <mount_point> -o defaults,umask=0
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bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
it says this when i put in what you said
- 03-07-2007 #4Super Moderator
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type actual filesystem of external herddisk's partition.
e.g.
partition name, /dev/sda1
mount_point, /media/first
filesystem ntfs for NTFS and vfat for FAT32.
correct code for My Partitions is
post the output of fdisk -l command here.Code:mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/first -o defaults,umask=0
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mount: mount point /media/first does not exist
I know I must be annoying but it says this
- 03-07-2007 #6Linux Guru
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mkdir /media/first
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- 03-07-2007 #7Super Moderator
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that was an example only. post the output of fdisk -l command.
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Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 19457 156288321 7 HPFS/NTFS
- 03-07-2007 #9Super Moderator
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execute this
External disk has NTFS filesystem and as i mentioned earlier, you will have read access only. you can install ntfs-eg package for NTFS write access.Code:mkdir /media/first mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /media/first -o defaults,umask=0
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i Downloaded NTFS and used the instructions from this site
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009
it know says:
daniel@daniel-laptop:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /media/first -o defaults,umask=0
mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /media/first busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is mounted on /media/sdb1
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