ntfs-3g and fstab (SuSE10.3)

[SnagaDuath]

Hi,

I am using Suse10.3 and want to be able to read and write to my ntfs partition. I have fuse and ntfs-3g installed and i can mount the drive using

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /Bennie

and read and write to it without any problems. The problem is that when i add the following line at the end of my fstab file

/dev/sdb1 /Bennie ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

it fails to mount the drive in r/w mode during bootup for some reason. Also, if it failed during bootup my system freezes when i try to unmount the read-only ntfs partition.

here's my fstab file:

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_9QM05J7X-part2 /                    ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250824AS_4ND1PBR0-part1 /Bennie              ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_9QM05J7X-part1 /Windows             ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_9QM05J7X-part3 swap                 swap       defaults              0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0 0
debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto                0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0 0
/dev/sdb1 /Bennie ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

Any thoughts?
Thx!

[devils casper]

/etc/fstab has two entries for /dev/sdb1.
Edit /etc/fstab file. Contents should be like this

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_9QM05J7X-part2 /                    ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250824AS_4ND1PBR0-part1 /Bennie         ntfs-3g  defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_9QM05J7X-part1 /Windows     ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0
 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_9QM05J7X-part3 swap                 swap       defaults              0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0 0
debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto                0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0

In case it doesn't work, post the output of fdisk -l command here.

[SnagaDuath]

Awesome Thanx a lot! It works perfectly.

I have one question, though... why was this line of code removed?

devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0

[devils casper]

Glad to help you.

I have one question, though... why was this line of code removed?

devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0

Sorry ! I missed that line. It should not be removed. Add that line again.
devpts handle pseudo terminal devices.

[SnagaDuath]

Sorry ! I missed that line. It should not be removed. Add that line again.
devpts handle pseudo terminal devices.

no problem... thx again!