How to write to an NTFS Partition?

[scewing]

I've got OpenSuse 10.2 set up on a dual boot system with XP. I thought I'd be clever and make an NTFS partition where I could keep files that I used with both OSs like MP3 files and things like that. The problem is that I can't write to the NTFS partition in Linux. I tried going into XP and setting the drive rights to open share but still no luck. As root in Linux I only have read rights and it won't let me change that. Any ideas?

-Scott

[oldcpu]

The problem is that I can't write to the NTFS partition in Linux.

Do a search for NTFS-3G and install it and Fuse, or reformat your share partition to VFAT-32.

[scewing]

NTFS-3G worked great. Thanks very much for that suggestion. I was able to mount hda1 (my XP partition) with it just fine but when I went to unmount the partition with the MP3s and photos, etc.....(hdb1), something went wrong and it looks as though I deleted hdb1 because its no longer in the /dev directory. Is there any way I can get it back so I can mount it with NTFS-3G?

[devils casper]

i dont think you have deleted Partition. deletion is not a simple process and one must have 'root' privilege to do that.
post the output of fdisk -l command.

[Juan Pablo]

Try to look for the partitions again,
Issue this as root

partprobe

[scewing]

Well I believe I was logged in as root when I was doing the mounting, one has to be to mount usually. heres the output of fdisk -l:

Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 5099 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 5100 14946 79096027+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 5100 5361 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda6 5362 14891 76549693+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/hdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 79656 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

I checked the /dev directory...theres no hdb1 in it.
Heres the output of partprobe:

Warning: Unable to open /dev/hdc read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/hdc has been opened read-only.

By the way, I logged back into XP and the drive doesn't show up there anymore either.

I'm not concerned about the data on it. I'm ok to reformat it using NTFS. I'm just not sure how to go about it since neither Linux nor XP can find it.

[devils casper]

its possible to recover that partition but if you are OK with Reformat, open YAST Partition Manager and create/format new partition in /dev/hdb.
OR boot up XP and type 'diskmgmt.msc' in Dos Command prompt. Disk Management Tool Window will pop up. Create and Format partitions with that.

[scewing]

OK Got it...

I used fdisk in Linux to create another primary partition (hdb1) then formatted it with Fat32 so XP could find it. Booted into XP and formatted it NTFS then went back into Linux and mounted it with NTFS-3G. Whew!

A long way to go about it maybe (I'm not the most knowledgeable at Linux...still kinda new), but I managed.

Thanks for the help and suggestions!

-Scott

(didnt know about the disk mgt tool in XP...thanks!)