[SOLVED] Saving from Ubuntu to DATA (NTFS)

[emanjamin2002]

Hello,
My Hard Drive is as follow C:XP, D: DATA and E: UBUNTU
I save my files to DATA from XP. I just installed Ubuntu some weeks ago and now I have creating files... I want to save them to DATA which is NTFS. When I go to SAVING my file under Ubuntu, I cannot find DATA. So I don't know if this has to do with the formating or something else. Someone told me that I could save my files into DATA easily. Do I need a software to recognize DATA From Ubuntu or something else is wrong.
Thank you.

Emmanuel

[Jonathan183]

Can you post the output of

sudo fdisk -l
mount
ntfs-3g

[emanjamin2002]

ok this is what I have. I do not know at all what this means:

manu@manu-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -1
[sudo] password for manu:
fdisk: invalid option -- 1

Usage: fdisk [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK Change partition table
fdisk -l [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK List partition table(s)
fdisk -s PARTITION Give partition size(s) in blocks
fdisk -v Give fdisk version
Here DISK is something like /dev/hdb or /dev/sda
and PARTITION is something like /dev/hda7
-u: give Start and End in sector (instead of cylinder) units
-b 2048: (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors
manu@manu-laptop:~$ mount
/dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/manu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=manu)
manu@manu-laptop:~$ ntfs-3g
ntfs-3g: No device is specified.
Please type 'ntfs-3g --help' for more information.
manu@manu-laptop:~$

[emanjamin2002]

Sorry I made a typo

manu@manu-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf2cff2cf

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1188 9542578+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1189 3426 17976735 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 3427 4763 10739452+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 4764 4864 811282+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 1189 3426 17976703+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
manu@manu-laptop:~$

[UpsideDownFace]

you have mistyped "sudo fdisk -l"
after the "-" is "lower-case-L", not "1"

also try :- sudo df -l
again lower-case-L

another useful one is :- cat /etc/mstab

these 3 all tell you about what disks/partitions the operating system can detect

I personally use a FAT16 partition rather than NTFS for saving data from linux and windows

[emanjamin2002]

yes I saw that and posted it. I am putting it again.

manu@manu-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf2cff2cf

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1188 9542578+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1189 3426 17976735 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 3427 4763 10739452+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 4764 4864 811282+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 1189 3426 17976703+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
manu@manu-laptop:~$

[emanjamin2002]

I tried again to save to DATA. Then it says the following in a window

"COULD NOT MOUNT DATA
You are not supposed to show
G_IO_ERROR_FAILED_HANDLED in the UI"

I don't know if this helps

Emmanuel

[Jonathan183]

I am assuming the D: data you referred to is sda5. You need to create a folder to mount it too. Lets say you make this /windows/d then use

sudo mkdir /windows /windows/d

Next mount the partition

sudo ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /windows/d

You should now be able to read & write data to the partition. You should be able to use a GUI file manager to explore the partition information (go to /windows/d) or you can list the contents using

ls /windows/d

etc.

Once you have the partition mounted the way you want and are happy you can read/write as required, you can add mounting the partition automatically ... type

cat /etc/mtab

and note the contents of the line refering to /dev/sda5 you need to add this line to /etc/fstab which you can do typing

sudo nano /etc/fstab

[emanjamin2002]

OK I did the first command and it is fine.
Then for the second one, this came up

manu@manu-laptop:~$ sudo ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /windows/d
$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 0)
Failed to mount '/dev/sda5': Operation not supported
Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action:

Choice 1: If you have Windows then disconnect the external devices by
clicking on the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows
taskbar then shutdown Windows cleanly.

Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for
your own responsibility. For example type on the command line:

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /windows/d -o force

Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file:

/dev/sda5 /windows/d ntfs-3g force 0 0
manu@manu-laptop:~$

So what shall I do?

emmanuel

[Jonathan183]

Go back into windows and run a filesystem check, make sure you shutdown windows correctly and try again.
Ed: eg don't use suspend or other feature but select shutdown option for windows.