neocytrix Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 Hello, I tried to make a shell script that wrote a folder to /mnt/windows and it said that it was read only. Is there any way to make it so you can write to the windows drive? -Neocytrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 If the partition is NTFS, linux can't write to it yet. NTFS support in linux is read only at this point. If it's a FAT32 partition, you can get read/write access by editing /etc/fstab. If that is the case, post your fstab and I'll show you how to edit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocytrix Posted April 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Nope its NTFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brkville42NY Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 sorry but NTFS. sucks eh? OUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 There is a driver (somewhere) to allow you to write to NTFS, but I really don't recommend using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Most people with this problem create a separate FAT32 partition to share data between linux and winxp since both OSes can read and write to FAT32. If you do this on an existing install, be careful where you put the FAT32 partition. If you put it in front of any of your linux partitions, all the partition numbers in linux will shift(eg hda5 will become hda6) and all your linux configuration files will be out of whack==a real mess. If you want to try this, put the FAT32 partition behind all your linux partitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocytrix Posted April 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Im not even going to bother I hate Windows and NTFS lol. hehe my school still uses NTFS so I just pop in the knoppix CD and have no restrictions or anything from there, and they use fat32 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 There is a driver (somewhere) to allow you to write to NTFS, but I really don't recommend using it. The status of the current driver is: Can only read files Can write files so long as the length/size doesnt change and is over 1kb Cannot create files Cannot remove files (unless you count the next feature...) Can stuff up and screw the partition up I think id leave it on read only for now. It does this because MS are changing the way the NTFS system works with each release, or modifying slightly of things between, NT4, 2k & XP and the driver developers are constantly in catchup FAQ here: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs.html iphitus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 There is also the captive project. This uses the original MS drivers through Wine style emulation. You have to have the XP drivers but they can be used on older NTFS versions too. I don't know how reliable it is, but it has been incorporated into LinuxDefender Live! CD - a BitDefender version of Knoppix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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