Kubuntu does not see my NTFS drive

[redd]

I have 2 drives one with Kubuntu on it and the other a NTFS format. How can get it to be able to see all my files on that drive? I have been stubbing around the forums to find a answer but can't get it right. Could someone please tell me step by step on how I can go and see my other files on the NTFS. Please be gentile  I am a Noobie to Kubuntu. 

P.S. LOVE IT!!!!!

[integr8e]

Click the KMenu (applications menu, bottom left of the taskbar) and choose "System Settings"; once that opens up, navigate to the "Advanced" tab (top left, beside the "General" tab).  Click "Disk & Filesystems"; when that opens, click the "Administrator Mode" button on the bottom right of the screen and type your password when prompted.  Double-click the drive you want to open.  In the window that pops up, you should see a label "Type:" in the top portion; click the drop down menu beside it and scroll up until you see "NTFS" - click "NTFS".  Next, look at the label "Device:"; to the right of it should be a radio button entitled "by name" followed by a directory resembling, but not necessarily, "/dev/sda1".  If you'll look above that, you'll see a location entitled "Mount Point:" and to the right of that, a box you can type in.  Type /media/(whatever followed /dev/ in the box below; if it was /dev/sda1, you'd type /media/sda1) into that box.  Click OK and you should be prompted with a dialog box telling you the mount point for your device has not been created and asking if you would like to create it now.  Tell it yes.

Then, open Konqueror (or whichever file browser you prefer) and navigate to your /media directory; your newly mounted device should now be visible along with everything inside it   (Looks like a lot but it's not really)

Let me know how it works.

[Snowhog]

But, if you want both read and write access, you need to install the package ntfs-3g and modify the /etc/fstab file entry for the ntfs partition, changing ntfs to ntfs-3g. This is what my fstab looks like:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/sda3
UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91ff-4fe745f01a79 /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=86bf2016-0d6c-4e46-a72c-52c8a5d4901b /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
# /dev/sda1
UUID=00B8EA2FB8EA2340 /media/sda1     ntfs    defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0       1
# /dev/sda2
UUID=0842EF0542EEF67A /media/vista     ntfs-3g    defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0       1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=ea09e5ae-165e-48c7-ab67-884312a84951 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/sdd        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0

[integr8e]

Good stuff, good stuff!

[redd]

Thanks for your help guy's! 

[redd]

Yep me again,

Ok in Disk and file system I did the steps I was suppose to. But it won't mount. This is what it says " This file system tyep is currently unavailible on the running Kernel" Ok how to I get to run on the kurnel? Thanks! 

P.S. I just want to read not write anything to it.

[integr8e]

Try this and let me know how it goes:

Open "Adept Manager" and type "ntfs" into the search bar; make sure the libntfs-3g-dev, libntfs-3g-12, libntfs-3g5, libntfs-dev, libntfs9, and ntfs-3g packages are installed.  Then try to access the drive again.

[Snowhog]

IF running Kubuntu Feisty Fawn - 7.04 - then the following packages should be installed for NTFS read/write access:

  fuse-utils
  libfuse2
  libntfs-3g0
  ntfs-3g
 
If any of these packages are not installed, install them.

NOTE: FUSE support needs to be compiled in the kernel or loaded as a module. From a konsole, type:

Code:

sudo modinfo fuse

and press enter. When prompted for a password, enter your password. If your kernel has FUSE support, you should get back the following:

filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/fs/fuse/fuse.ko
alias:          char-major-10-229
license:        GPL
description:    Filesystem in Userspace
author:         Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
srcversion:     1DB209A47BE9620DBF0B150
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.20-16-generic SMP mod_unload 586

If you do, good. If you don't, then the fuse module needs to be loaded into the kernel. To do that, in the konsole, type:

Code:

modprobe fuse

and press enter. When prompted for a password, enter your password.

[redd]

Hi again,

ok checked to see if the packages that you asked that should be installed are installed on the machine. The part where you said to  Type /media/(whatever followed /dev/ in the box below; if it was /dev/sda1, you'd type /media/sda1) into that box.  Click OK and you should be prompted with a dialog box telling you the mount point for your device has not been created and asking if you would like to create it now.  Tell it yes. Ok did that clicked yes and nothing happens. the windows stays there and I have the choice still to click ok or cancel.

Thanks in advance Redd 

[integr8e]

If that won't work, try this:

1) Open Konsole and type:

Code:

sudo mkdir /media/(drive name)

2) Still in Konsole, type:

Code:

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/(drive name) /media/(drive name; same as above)

That should do it, if it doesn't let me know

Thanks dibl

[redd]

Sweet!! It worked Thanks a million. 

[integr8e]

Anytime

[redd]

Oh yep me again,

booted up today and well the device is there, but nothing there. And I tried to activate it and it is the same problem. Soon as I click ok nothing happens. So if you could kindly give me a hand again I would appreciate a lot. 

[Snowhog]

Okay. Post your /etc/fstab file here for a review.

[redd]

Sorry for the delay. Busy. Ok I need to know how to get the /etc/fstab file. Sorry still learning. Thank you for your patience.