Write Access on an external HDD - Page 2

12-15-2006

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Dpontes11

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Quote:

Originally Posted by binarydumb

Okay, here's what I got:

Did you write fdisk -l (<- this is an L) or did you write fdisk -1 (<- this is a one)?

You probably got that error message because of this simple (and common) mistake...

12-15-2006

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binarydumb

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dpontes11

Did you write fdisk -l (<- this is an L) or did you write fdisk -1 (<- this is a one)?

You probably got that error message because of this simple (and common) mistake...

It was 'fdisk -1' as in one, the number. Was it supposed to be an 'L'?

12-19-2006	#13 (permalink)
binarydumb Just Joined! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18	fdisk -l output Okay, here is the 'fdisk -l' output on my pc: So, the questions remains: how do I make a mount point? Do I just right click on my desktop and make an icon? BTW, I do want to make a mount point for my 'dev/hda4' as well. Thanks again, folks.

12-19-2006	#14 (permalink)
sasidhar Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Vijayawada,INDIA Posts: 56	creating a mount point is just creating a direcotry in /mnt.. you can do that with nkdir command Code: mkdir directory-name (/mnt/'your-required-directory-name')

12-19-2006	#15 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	for mounting partitions from terminal, create mount point as suggested by sasidhar. Code: su - mkdir /media/first mount -t <file system> /dev/<partition> /media/first /media/first is a mount point. replace <file system> with ntfs for NTFS partition and for FAT32, its vfat. Casper __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

12-19-2006

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binarydumb

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closer...but still no cgiar :-)

Okay.

I changed the ownership by:

Quote:

Look for your device. On mine it is about halfway amoungst the USB Devices. Look for the Volume Label you used when you formatted the drive in Windows. Once you find it, select it then select the Advanced tab look for the device node.

For example, mine is /dev/sdi1.

As root Create a mount point like /mnt/usbhdd1 and check your permissions.

chown username:group /mnt/usbhdd1
chmod 775 /mnt/usbhdd1

Then use ntfs-3g to mout your drive.

ntfs-3g /dev/sdi1 /mnt/usbhdd1

Still I get this:

Did I do something wrong?

Thanks in advance all.

12-19-2006	#17 (permalink)
Juan Pablo Linux Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: /home/south_america/ecuador/quito Posts: 2,060	You need to be root "su -" to mount something __________________ Put your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein Linux User #425940 Don't PM me with questions, instead post in the forums

12-20-2006	#18 (permalink)
binarydumb Just Joined! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18	Yipeee !!! Success! Thank you for all the help. Now the challenge is: how do I make it an 'automatic-mount' whenever I log in as me?

12-20-2006	#19 (permalink)
Juan Pablo Linux Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: /home/south_america/ecuador/quito Posts: 2,060	You need to add an entry in /etc/fstab Try this as root (su -) Code: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb-hdd if it worked type this as root Code: echo /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb-hdd ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab __________________ Put your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein Linux User #425940 Don't PM me with questions, instead post in the forums

12-20-2006	#20 (permalink)
binarydumb Just Joined! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18	Jubilation Yipee !! It works. Thank you all for the help. Now to further my experience with Fedora Core 6.

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