[ILUG] Mounting XP Partition

[Ciaran Johnston]

On Fri 09 Apr 2004 21:32, Mark Page wrote:
> I have set up a /mnt/windows directory pointing to /dev/hda1. I can
> mount as root and as a normal user no problem but always get permission
> denied when I attempt to 'ls' or 'cd' the directory as a normal user.
>
> I have tried modifying permission for the directory with both 'chmod
> a+r' and chmod 777' all to no avail. My /etc/fstab line reads as follows:
>
> //dev/hda1               /mnt/windows    ntfs
> noauto,user,ro          0 0

The "ro" part means read-only. I don't know what kernel you have, but allowing 
write access to ntfs can be dangerous - I'm not sure it even works fully.

/Ciaran.