how do i view other drives?

[Starn]

ok i have vista and linux on same harddrive and i want linux to be able to use windows partition allso...
aka view files and use em and write files to if needed and i get this error when trying to view my other partition [OS] hal-storage-fixed-mount-all-options refused uid 1000
i dont know what this means but maybe some one els can help me

[Snowhog]

Re: how do i view other drives?

Open Adept Manager and search for ntfs-config and if it isn't already listed as installed, mark if for installation and apply the change.

ntfs-conf

Enable/disable write support for any NTFS devices
This program allow you to easily configure all of your NTFS devices to allow write support via a friendly gui. For that use, it will configure them to use the open source ntfs-3g driver. You'll also be able to easily disable this feature.

[Starn]

Re: how do i view other drives?

ok i got it now what?
i tried runing it nothing happens soo i try opening other partition and nothing




i get this error


$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 0)
Failed to mount '/dev/sda3': 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/sda3 /media/OS -o force

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

/dev/sda3 /media/OS ntfs-3g defaults,force 0 0

[Snowhog]

Re: how do i view other drives?

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

/dev/sda3 /media/OS ntfs-3g defaults,force 0 0

You should check your /etc/fstab file (edit as root) and ensure that for your identified Windows partition(s) that ntfs is replaced with ntfs-3g. Save and reboot. If you aren't sure, post your /etc/fstab file and I'll tell you which entries to change.

[wrick]

Re: how do i view other drives?

Same problem. Also new to this.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hdb1
UUID=a12a1a92-0cbc-40f9-a9ee-83b0392d2f73 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hdb5
UUID=822c2458-5521-4315-b559-9566d1bb58c3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

I have two HD's, 2 cd/dvd players.

Thanks for your help.

Rick

[Snowhog]

Re: how do i view other drives?

Your fstab file is only showing one of your HDs - the one that Kubuntu is installed on (hdb1). Is the second HD internal (desktop PC) or connected externally via USB? To 'see' what your system sees, open a console and type:

sudo fdisk -l

Copy and paste the output for review.

[wrick]

Re: how do i view other drives?

Wow, that was amazingly fast. Thanks for your quick replies.

Here goes :

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0954d996

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 30401 244188000 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 2 12788 102711546 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 12789 30401 141476391 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdb: 20.5 GB, 20547841536 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2498 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8b298b29

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 2388 19181578+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 2389 2498 883575 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 2389 2498 883543+ 82 Linux swap / Solari

Just so you know, my other drive can be seen from the dolphin application, but give me the same error as the orignal poster.

Thanks again.

Rick

[wrick]

Re: how do i view other drives?

Sorry, forgot to answer your question. It is internally mounted on a SCSI card.

It can actually tell me their names ( from windows )

[img width=400 height=320]http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6173/snapshot1vc6.png[/img]

[Snowhog]

Re: how do i view other drives?

On the second HD (sda) is configured with an extended partition in which you have two Windoze partitions - sda5 and sda6. Both are formated as HPFS/NTFS. So, in order to have access to them after booting, you want to edit your /etc/fstab file and added the two bolded entries so it looks like the following:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hdb1
UUID=a12a1a92-0cbc-40f9-a9ee-83b0392d2f73 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
# /dev/hdb5
UUID=822c2458-5521-4315-b559-9566d1bb58c3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

Perform a normal shutdown and reboot. Report back.

[wrick]

Re: how do i view other drives?

Done.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hdb1
UUID=a12a1a92-0cbc-40f9-a9ee-83b0392d2f73 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
# /dev/hdb5
UUID=822c2458-5521-4315-b559-9566d1bb58c3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

The Fstab file now looks like this.

In the dolphin application, both partitions have disappeared. My drives cannot be found under the media folder.

Am I doing/not doing something wrong ?

[Snowhog]

Re: how do i view other drives?

Open Adept Manager (K Menu | System | Adept Manager) and search on ntfs
You should have ntfs-3g showing as installed. If it isn't, then select the package ntfs-config for installation. This will install ntfs-3g as well as a GUI application that:

Enable/disable write support for any NTFS devices

This program allow you to easily configure all of your NTFS devices to allow write support via a friendly gui. For that use, it will configure them to use the open source ntfs-3g driver. You'll also be able to easily disable this feature.

If either or both are already showing as installed, let me know.

[wrick]

Re: how do i view other drives?

Open Adept Manager (K Menu | System | Adept Manager) and search on ntfs
You should have ntfs-3g showing as installed. If it isn't, then select the package ntfs-config for installation. This will install ntfs-3g as well as a GUI application that:

Enable/disable write support for any NTFS devices

This program allow you to easily configure all of your NTFS devices to allow write support via a friendly gui. For that use, it will configure them to use the open source ntfs-3g driver. You'll also be able to easily disable this feature.

If either or both are already showing as installed, let me know.

Ntfs-config is already installed.

When I try to start it up, nothing much happens...

[dibl]

Re: how do i view other drives?

I recently learned this fix for your problem, just in time for Kubuntu Hardy Heron which doesn't have the problem .... :P

OK, you need to open the Kate editor in Super User mode, by doing Alt-F2 and "kdesu kate" (with no quote marks).

Paste this into Kate:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->

<deviceinfo version="0.2">

<!-- file created by ntfs-config -->
<!-- mount ntfs volume with the ntfs-3g driver to enable write support -->

<device>
<match key="volume.fstype" string="ntfs">
<match key="@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.fstype" type="string">ntfs-3g</merge>
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_filesystem" type="string">ntfs-3g</merge>
<append key="volume.mount.valid_options" type="strlist">locale=</append>
</match>
</match>
</device>

</deviceinfo>

Now you want to save this as a new file ("Save As"), named exactly as follows:

/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/20-ntfs-config-write-policy.fdi


Do this, and I believe your problems with NTFS-formatted partitions will go away, after you reboot your system.

[wrick]

Re: how do i view other drives?



no go....

doesn't work....

still no drive in media, no drive in storage media either....

[wrick]

Re: how do i view other drives?

is there some sort of remote desktop connection help like in windoze ?