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So my uncle had me put some important files, 7.8 GB worth, on my computer to back them up. He is a really hard core window$ user (was a trouble ...
  1. 01-25-2007 #1
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    External NTFS write

    So my uncle had me put some important files, 7.8 GB worth, on my computer to back them up. He is a really hard core window$ user (was a trouble shooter for them) and I though that i would show him the power of linux by backing up his data on my linux box. Well, when he came back to retreve the data, he brought an 40GB external hard drive. I thought, OK, no problem, plug 'n play right? WRONG! it was an NTFS external HD, I couldn't write to it. After looking up and installing FUSE, ntfsprogs, and ntfs-3g, and running the appropriate commands, I STILL couldn't write to it. I had to parttion it to a 20 GB FAT32 to finally write to it, and I left him still doubting linux.....
    What can i do so that NEXT time i won't be humiliated.
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    You are on the right track with NTFS-3G. Once you have it installed, you simply have to mount your partition. The fact that it is on a external hard drive makes no difference.

    More here :
    http://www.ntfs-3g.org/index.html#usage
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    k... I see what i did wrong. I was using the command "ntfsmount" with all the options, not "ntfs-3g". k....thanks a bunch.
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