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I'm a long-time Windows user, but have decided to try out Linux when I upgrade my computer in January. So, I've been looking at the SuSE 10.1 Live DVD, to ...
  1. 12-22-2006 #1
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    Disk mounting & permissions - 10.1 Live DVD

    I'm a long-time Windows user, but have decided to try out Linux when I upgrade my computer in January. So, I've been looking at the SuSE 10.1 Live DVD, to get a feel for it in the mean time. Using KDE mostly.

    I couldn't access my hard drives. After some searching around, I discovered I had to mount them. After more searching, I found out how to do that.

    Then, it gave me permission denied when I tried to view them. More searching and some guesswork, and I found that by logging out and then logging in as root, I could access them and view their contents.

    But whenever I try to modify a file on them, I get permission denied. And I haven't been able to find out how to change that.

    Any advice? Please be aware I'm a complete Linux newbie here...
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    execute this
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    su -
fdisk -l
    post the output here.
    SuSe doesn't support write access in NTFS partitions. you can read/write in FAT32 partitions only. for NTFS write access, you have to install ntfs-3g package.





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    I have three partitions, all NTFS. That'll be why, I guess. I'll have to remember to install that package when I install SuSE.

    Question - after I had mounted the drives, why couldn't I view them until I logged in as root?

    Question #2 - does this mean SuSE will need a Fat32 partition, or does it use its own filesystem?
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    Question - after I had mounted the drives, why couldn't I view them until I logged in as root?
    you have to assign user permissions to mounted partition.
    Question #2 - does this mean SuSE will need a Fat32 partition, or does it use its own filesystem?
    SuSe's own FileSystem is 'reiserfs'. i mentioned FAT32 coz most users Dual Boot Linux and Windows. in case, you have FAT32 partition in Windows, you could access it from Linux as well as Windows for data sharing.





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    If this package will allow SuSE to read/write to NTFS partitions, I'll probably stick with NTFS.

    Or are there disadvantages?
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    no disadvantages till now. it works perfectly.





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