Apps can't find NTFS partitiion

[kubobbu]

Using newly installed Karmic. For some reason, my apps like Picasa cannot find my NTFS partition although I have no problem finding it in the file manager, Dolphin.

This causes a big problem in using older picture files and documents originally in Windows here in Karmic.

Reason, and fix, anyone

Bob

[vinnywright]

Re: Apps can't find NTFS partitiion

if your NTFS partition is not mounted on boot (is not in fstab) then you will half to open the partition with dolphin (thus mounting it ) and then it should be avalable to eney of your apps.

for exampel I have 2 windows partitions but thay are NOT mounted during boot so I cant navagate to eney files on them with say......VLC's file launcher untill after clicking the drive icon in dolphins places panel thare by causing it to be mounted!!

VINNY

[kubobbu]

Re: Apps can't find NTFS partitiion

Thanks, Vinny... that should be a big help.

Now, does anyone know why the partition is not loaded at startup?? And if it's not loaded, how does Dolphin find it

Bob

[vinnywright]

Re: Apps can't find NTFS partitiion

Thanks, Vinny... that should be a big help.

Now, does anyone know why the partition is not loaded at startup?? And if it's not loaded, how does Dolphin find it

Bob

by default non linux partitions are not added to fstab and are not mounted at boot.

when clicking on the drive in dolphin it gets mounted by the system in a temporarey fashon (will not still be mounted on a reboot)

you can add it to fstab and have it mounted on boot if you like .

post back if you would like to do that along with the output of

sudo blkid

sudo fdisk -l

cat /etc/fstab

and whare you wold like it mounted ..........traditionaley that would be in /mnt.....sutch as /mnt/windows..................but it seams as media is becoming the norm so you may want somthing like .../media/windows.........you can name it whatever you want so...........it could be /media/NTFS.........or /media/mystuff



VINNY