Post by patrickp on Jul 1, 2007 7:46:08 GMT -5
Yes, that's the right package, kinghanco - AIR when you install ntfs-config, it will install ntfs-3g as part of the package - from the Ubuntu documentation:
I don't think it'll matter if the drives are mounted when you install ntfs-3g, but they will need to be mounted when you enable NTFS writing. They should be mounted by default in Feisty; as I said before, Feisty finds and mounts all Windows partitions as drives on installation. Worked for me. If Feisty isn't doing that, that may be where the problem is, not with the ntfs-3g driver, and maybe that's what needs sorting - see the Ubuntu documentation.
Incidentally, if you really can't get NTFS writing working, it might be an idea to create a FAT32 partition for swapping files between Windows and Linux, as both OSs can read and write to FAT32 file systems natively. The only limitation you're likely to encounter with this is the 4GB file size limit for FAT32 - and the greater requirement for defragmentation to maintain it optimally. That's what I used to do before Feisty - that partition's still FAT32; perhaps I should get round to converting it...
Installing NTFS 3G Driver
Enable the universe repository and install the ntfs-config package. See Installing Software.
Click Applications → System Tools → NTFS Configuration Tool
The upcoming tool will detect NTFS partitions on your system. Check each partition you wish to access, and, if you wish to, click the mount directory to change it. When finished, click Apply.
On the next screen Enable write support for internal device will be selected by default. Click OK.
Your NTFS drive will be now be available in the mount point you selected.
Enable the universe repository and install the ntfs-config package. See Installing Software.
Click Applications → System Tools → NTFS Configuration Tool
The upcoming tool will detect NTFS partitions on your system. Check each partition you wish to access, and, if you wish to, click the mount directory to change it. When finished, click Apply.
On the next screen Enable write support for internal device will be selected by default. Click OK.
Your NTFS drive will be now be available in the mount point you selected.
I don't think it'll matter if the drives are mounted when you install ntfs-3g, but they will need to be mounted when you enable NTFS writing. They should be mounted by default in Feisty; as I said before, Feisty finds and mounts all Windows partitions as drives on installation. Worked for me. If Feisty isn't doing that, that may be where the problem is, not with the ntfs-3g driver, and maybe that's what needs sorting - see the Ubuntu documentation.
Incidentally, if you really can't get NTFS writing working, it might be an idea to create a FAT32 partition for swapping files between Windows and Linux, as both OSs can read and write to FAT32 file systems natively. The only limitation you're likely to encounter with this is the 4GB file size limit for FAT32 - and the greater requirement for defragmentation to maintain it optimally. That's what I used to do before Feisty - that partition's still FAT32; perhaps I should get round to converting it...
