Mounting NTFS, Mandriva 2009.1 (Spring, 32-bit)
Yes, I know 2009.1 is out of date. But I am doing a temporary backup project and I have to use whatever Linux DVDs I have lying around. I want to relate a behavior that is counter-productive. My chassis is an HP Pavilion A350N mid-tower. The motherboard inside is an ASUS P4SD-LA (perhaps not the original motherboard). I have 1 GB RAM.
I am trying to copy files to a 1 TB SATA drive, which is partitioned as 800 GB NTFS and the rest EXT4. Before I mount the NTFS partition, the mount point looks like this: drwxr-xr-x /mnt/1tb-sdc1 After I mount the NTFS partition, it looks like this: dr-x------ /mnt/1tb-sdc1 ntfs (rw) And, predictably, when I try to copy files to this 1 TB drive, Midnight Commander says it is a read-only file system. When I unmount the partition, the directory /mnt/1tb-sdc1 goes back to drwxr-xr-x. But when I mount the EXT4 partition (onto /mnt/1tb-sdc2), the permissions do NOT change, and I can copy files freely. What is changing the directory permissions on the NTFS mount? Is there some sort of protection mechanism in place? I want to copy stuff from IDE drives to the 1 TB SATA, since IDE systems are getting pretty rare these days. I am trying to get a machine that will read both, but 2 or 3 such systems died on me, just in the effort to get this file copying project done! (Also 2 electrical outlets in my computer room failed last week, and they will need a professional to repair; I think drywall must be torn out.) I am working as root. I am experienced, and this machine has no internet access. It is a temporary rig. Also I need root permissions to copy stuff, mount partitions, etc. I am comfortable working as root for this file backup project. Why do the permissions change on the NTFS mount (so I cannot copy the files I need to copy), and the permissions do not change on the EXT4 mount? Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
By whatever DVDs are lying around does that mean you are running only live versions?
What file system type are you using to mount the partition i.e. ntfs vs ntfs-3g? ntfs is read only. If ntfs-3g was not installed by default and if you do not want to copy all the files to the ext partition then you will need to take a different path. In a nutshell permissions are different between the two operating systems and therefore you need to mount the partition as a particular user with permissions set using the umask option. If using ntfs-3g then try using umask=000 mount option. |
Okay.....
I'm running an Asus P4SD-LA with 1 GB Ram. Kernel is 2.6.29.1-desktop-4mnb-dual-proc-i686. Video card is a GeForce 6300 GT, 256 Meg AGP. I'm installing a stand-alone installation, but no internet access since this is just a temporary machine.
My 120 GB IDE boot drive has: /dev/sda1 7.7 GB -- the system, ext4 IIRC /dev/sda2 extended partition, rest of disk /dev/sda5 swap (reasonable amount) /dev/sda6 /home -- 99 GB, ext4 IIRC (Various IDE and SATA drives may be connected [and partitions mounted] to move files around.) According to my notes as a long-time Mandriva person, NTFS WRITING is turned ON by default in 2008.1, and it worked reliably. Do you think they "regressed" with 2009.1? Is there another subsystem that I need to install to handle NTFS? Please tell me. (I'm about to reinstall because the X-server suddenly won't start. Drakconf naturally chooses GeForce 6100 and later, it causes reboots. Changing to "Generic frame buffer 1280 x 1024 16 bpp" simply causes the monitor to go to sleep until after the test ends and drakconf takes over again.) |
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