[Bug 186117] Re: Cannot remount ntfs

[yogg]

I have tested this on ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS and Ubuntu 10.10.

Mount the device as "ro".
mount | grep DEVICE
/dev/DEVICE on /MOUNTPOINT type fuseblk (ro,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)

With "-t" mount gives back a good error why this does not work.
mount -t ntfs-3g -o remount,rw /dev/disk/by-uuid/DEVICE /MOUNTPOINT
Remounting is not supported at present. You have to umount volume and then mount it once again.

Without "-t" mount just does it. The device is listed as "rw", but its not possible to write on the device.
mount -o remount,rw /dev/DEVICE

mount | grep DEVICE
/dev/DEVICE on /MOUNTPOINT type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)

touch /MOUNTPOINT/testfile
touch: cannot touch `/MOUNTPOINT/testfile': No such file or directory

It would be nice if the remount error message ("Remounting is not supported ...") comes up always. Would have saved me lot of time for searching.
But it would be even nicer if the remount works.

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Title:
  Cannot remount ntfs

Status in Wubi, Windows Ubuntu Installer:
  Confirmed
Status in “ntfs-3g” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ntfs-3g

  In Hardy (ntfs-3g version 1.1120) it is no longer possible to remount
  ntfs partitions. The error message is: "Remounting is not supported at
  present. You have to umount volume and then mount it again". But that
  seemed to work in Gutsy (ntfs-3g version 1.913). So it looks like a
  regression.

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