Another Linux Blag

You can access files on hard drives using NTFS in ubuntu quite easily

Plug in hard drive and boot up.

1. open terminal
2. sudo apt-get install ntfs-config (this should also install ntfs-3g)
3. once install finished
4. goto system > computer
5. and you should see your drive.
6. Upon trying to enter it you will need to enter your password

To get it to mount automatically upon boot and not require a password is really quite easy:

The first thing to do is find out what their device names are listed as

A good way to find out is to run sudo fdisk -l (that's l as in list) as root. That command will simply list your disk partitions and exit.

should see your NTFS drive there



The second thing is need to make a folder where the hard drive will be mounted.

1. open terminal
2. sudo mkdir *location*, In ubuntu I used /media/disk1 (sudo mkdir /media/disk1)

Finally we need to edit the fstab.

1. still in terminal
2. sudo gedit /etc/fstab

The below line should be inserted at the bottom, on a new line, however need to change 2 things,

/dev/* /** ntfs defaults 0 0

* = the device name
** = the device mount location

for example:

/dev/hdd1 /media/disk1 ntfs defaults 0 0

While it seams like a lot the first time you do it, it gets really easy pretty fast. I'd also like to see vista read my linux drives. oh wait


References:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mount_MS_Windows_partitions_(FAT,NTFS)