Can Read But cannot Write

[praka123]

@manshahya:
in a terminal try as root user or sudo, ``mount -a`` or ``mount /dev/hdb1``
remember to have the /etc/fstab to contain /dev/hdb1 line as posted syntax instead of sda1!.
post the results.
Originally Posted by eddie
You have some how created a directory named "ravi" in /windows/C directory because of which fusermount does not find it empty. You need to erase that directory and then execute the mount command given to you earlier.

there seems to be 3 partitions u have with ntfs na?
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@manshahya:
in a terminal try as root user or sudo, ``mount -a`` or ``mount /dev/hdb1``
remember to have the /etc/fstab to contain /dev/hdb1 line as posted syntax instead of sda1!.
post the results.

I cant find any folder named ravi when i booted into windows.
Also how can b a folder created when i dont hav any write permission on the drive?? JUST ASKING YOU.

there seems to be 3 partitions u have with ntfs na?u'd have created in some other DIR.

 

[Manshahia]

yeah i m having three NTFS partitions and i fas as i remember i havnt created any directory with that name.

The output is

fusermount: mountpoint is not empty
fusermount: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option
FUSE mount point creation error: No such file or directory
Unmounting /dev/hdb1 ()

 

[praka123]

did u try to mount;do u have a folder called /media/windows if not make a folder called windows in /media as #mkdir /media/windows
then try to mount the partn.

 

[Manshahia]

I hav a folder named win_c in Media but it is empty.

 

[eddie]

I cant find any folder named ravi when i booted into windows.
Also how can b a folder created when i dont hav any write permission on the drive?? JUST ASKING YOU.

You have not created a folder on the drive. You have created the folder in /windows/C folder and now you are trying to "mount" your drive on that non-empty folder which is giving you the error. Go to /windows/C through the file manager you are using on Linux and you will see the folder "ravi".

 

[phreak0ut]

Even I want write support, but when I try to install ntfs-3g from the Smart package installer, I get this output. I think the it has just dissappeared from the repos

linux-mr5c:/home/sunil # smart install ntfs-3g
Loading cache...
Updating cache... ######################################## [100%]

Computing transaction...

Installing packages (1):
ntfs-3g-20061115-1.guru.suse102@i686

106.7kB of package files are needed. 235.1kB will be used.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y

Fetching packages...
-> *ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/.../ntfs-3g-20061115-1.guru.suse102.i686.rpm
ntfs-3g-20061115-1.guru.suse1.. [ 0%]

error: Failed to download packages:
error: *ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.2/RPMS/i686/ntfs-3g-20061115-1.guru.suse102.i686.rpm: Not Found

 

[Manshahia]

Guys, thnx for the HELP.
Problem Solved.
Thnx again

 

[eddie]

It would be great if you post your method of solving the problem. This will help others users, in future, with similar problem.

 

[Manshahia]

Wat i did with help of u people and some googling was this......

firstly install fuse and Ntfs-3g.

Open ur fstab
for KDE

kwrite /etc/fstab

here instead of ntfs only write ntfs-3g.
save it.
Now when u will b restarting ur computer the partitions will get mounted automatically.
Also i having some problem with my C drive.
It doesnt get mounted aotumatically i hav to give a command

mount /dev/hdb1 /media/win_c -t ntfs-3g -o rw,umask=0

After giving warning and error abt fuse C drive also gets mounted.

 

[praka123]

are u getting a fuse error most prolly it may be a version conflict
*fuse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FAQ?PHPSESSID=5204e5f4044e73d1d42a3adfe5849179#Version_problems

 

[Manshahia]

Got it solved man.....
I had to add this line into my Fstab.

mount /dev/hdb1 /media/win_c -t ntfs-3g -o rw,umask=0

I think i sud also post the contents of fstab which can help a newbie for configuring his system.
well its like this

/dev/hdb10           /                    ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 1
/dev/hdb11           /home                ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 2
/dev/hdb1            /windows/C           ntfs-3g    ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/hdb1            /media/win_c         ntfs-3g    defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hdb5            /windows/D           ntfs-3g    ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/hdb6            /windows/E           ntfs-3g    ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/hdb7            swap                 swap       defaults              0 0
/dev/hdb9            swap                 swap       defaults              0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0 0
debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto                0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0 0

 

[eddie]

/dev/hdb1            /windows/C           ntfs-3g    ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0

You should remove that line from your fstab. Even though it will not cause you any problem because you have not deleted the directory "ravi" from /windows/C but this is not right.

 

[Manshahia]

yaar eddie tell me the procedure to find that directory coz i cant find any directory there.

 

[mehulved]

Why does hda1 come twice in fstab? That might be the problem.

 

[kalpik]

Even I want write support, but when I try to install ntfs-3g from the Smart package installer, I get this output. I think the it has just dissappeared from the repos

That's probably cuz they are updating repos.. Just do smart update and try after a while

 

[eddie]

yaar eddie tell me the procedure to find that directory coz i cant find any directory there.

On a command line do like this

cd /windows/C
sudo rm -R ravi

I would still recommend removing one of the lines from fstab that contain hdb1

 

[Manshahia]

Yes thnx for the help guys.
Removed the directory and the line.
All the drives now mounting properly

 

[hailgautam]

Hey Guys,
I have Open Suse 10.2 but installed ntfs-3g from a RedHat i386 rpm (coz i didn't know how to install other wise - i.e from a tz files). The installation went smoothly and now I am able to see the windows drives as well, but still not able to write to them.

This is how the Fstab looks like....I had edited it as Manshahia told.

/dev/sda7            /                    ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 1
/dev/sda8            /home                ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 2
/dev/sda2            /windows/C           ntfs-3g       ro,users,gid=users,umask
=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/sda5            /windows/D           ntfs-3g       ro,users,gid=users,umask
=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/sda6            swap                 swap       defaults              0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0 0
debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto                0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0 0

what do i have to do any ideas?
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PS:
I have the following installed:

fuse - Userspace File System- Version - 2.6.0-9
fuse_kio - Mount Any File System Supported by KDE- Ver-0.0.cvs2005.12.08.46
ntfs-3g - Linux NTFS userspace driver-0-0.9.20070118.fc5
ntfsprogs - NTFS filesystem libraries and utilities-Ver-1.13.1-3

 

[eddie]

/dev/sda2            /windows/C           ntfs-3g       ro,users,gid=users,umask
=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/sda5            /windows/D           ntfs-3g       ro,users,gid=users,umask
=0002,nls=utf8 0 0

Change the "ro" (which means read only) in those lines to "rw" (which would mean read-write)

 

[hailgautam]

Yes Yes Yes. it works and it can't get any easier then this .

After I changed the "ro" to "rw" i re-booted the computer though.

I think Manshahia is doing all the dirty work with Linux and I am just enjoying. It even happen while connecting to net through mobile thread.

Thanks eddie for your help.