[ILUG] Mounting XP Partition

[Mark Page]

Peter McEvoy wrote:

Thanks, that worked a treat. Many Thanks to all others that replied.

>On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 09:32:26PM +0100, Mark Page wrote:
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>>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:
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>>//dev/hda1               /mnt/windows    ntfs            
>>noauto,user,ro          0 0
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>Chmod wont work on a windows filesystems, you set the permissions at
>mount time, try this:
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>mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -o umask=022
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>captive ntfs looks promising for r/w if you're interested.
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>--
>Pete
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