RE: mount ext ntfs drive

problem fixed,without any adjustments. originally it could mount but the contents were invisible. Now after plugging & unplugging several times i can read it.
thanks
ps: i'm using 9.04

reg/linux/usr/#453274 /reg/ubuntu/usr/#17340






> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:30:35 +1300
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [hblug] mount ext ntfs drive
> 
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 05:36, jon zendatta
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have one box with dual partition, XP & Ubuntu. I wish to mount an external
> > hard drive that also is ntfs.  I installed ntfs-config, but could only see
> > the internal partition(which i don't want to see).
> > So I'm looking at ntfs manual configuration!  What would the <partition> &
> > <mount point> be of external hard drive. eg
> > /dev/<partition> /media/<mount point> ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_NZ.utf8 0 0
> 
> You can find the device by doing 'sudo tail -f /var/log/messages' when
> you plug in the drive (or 'sudo dmesg' after you've plugged it in).
> If, for example that shows you the drive is 'sdb', you can list the
> partitions on it with 'sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb'.  (If that doesn't list
> any partitions, the drive probably wasn't partitioned which is common
> with memory sticks.) [1]
> 
> The mount point can be whatever you like.  mkdir a directory and mount
> the external partition (or drive) on it.
> 
> Jim
> 
> [1] And if you want the drive to always turn up as the same device,
> regardless of the order you plug/unplug other drives, you can
> investigate writing a udev rule to associate a physical device with a
> particular logical device.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> HBLUG mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hblug
 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Feeling the financial pinch? Check on MSN NZ Money for a hand
http://money.msn.co.nz

_______________________________________________
HBLUG mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hblug