ntfs partition access

[greatclaws]

i wanted to access the ntfs drives in my system using kubuntu....but i am not able to mount them at all...i am able to mount fat32 drives....i have installed the ntfs 3g package(one of my friends told me that is necessary )
it says that ntfs 3g is the latest version.i also installed almost all the packages that get listed when u type the command
apt-cache search ntfs
still i am not able to access the drives....can anyone tell me how to access ntfs drives ??

[barbolani]

Re: ntfs partition access

On my system, the NTFS partitions are displayed as drive icons on the left Dolphin toolbar. When I double click on them (well, by default is a single click but I changed that as I'm too used to double clikc) a prompt asks for my user password and once entered they are mounted.

Can you see the NTFS partitions on your left Dolphin toolbar? Are they located in the same disk as your KUbuntu partition? If not, it's very likely that your system is not recognizing the drive in the first place. You can get an overall view of your disks and partitions using the disks applet in the control center (you have to select the "advanced" tab)

When got tired of entering my password, I found no other way of making them mount at boot time than to add an entry to my /etc/fstab file.

[kyonides]

Re: ntfs partition access

The easiest way to deal with this might be installing ntfs-config tool

sudo apt-get install ntfs-config

The go to K-menu > Applications > System : NTFS Configuration Tool

or open konsole and enter...

sudo ntfs-config

In any case you'll need to type your password since "only root" should mount drives.

Then tell it to mount it for you. If it fails, then it'll provide you with a command to enter in konsole. So run it and let it mount it for you.

[flarson]

Re: ntfs partition access

See
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3102196.0