Can't write to mounted disk.

[Mike]

Mike wrote:
> Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:
>   
>> Mike a écrit :
>>   
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>> I have a dual boot, XP/Kubuntu 6.10 system. Kubuntu is installed on its 
>>> own disk.  One partition on that disk is ntfs.  When I boot XP, I can 
>>> see and write to this partition.  On Kubuntu, I can see it but can only 
>>> read from it.  On the linux side, I used the KDE control panel, to 
>>> define the owner, group, and mount point.  I did check the writable box. 
>>> The following line appears in fstab.
>>>
>>> /dev/sdb4 /home/madolf/Common ntfs uid=1000,gid=1000,auto,rw,owner 0 0
>>>
>>> What else do I need?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> ntfs write support is not activated per default in Ubuntu.
>> Try sending a mail to Microsoft asking them to release the NTFS spec :p 
>> ( sorry , just kidding :p )
>>
>> See http://tinyurl.com/yppuad to know how to enable it.
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> I reformatted the partition using mkfs.msdos -F32 /dev/sdb4.  The 
> Properties display on both Windows and Linux identify it as F32 and VFAT.
>
> The fstab entry is now
>
> /dev/sdb4 /home/madolf/Common vfat 
> noauto,uid=1000,gid=1000,auto,rw,owner 0 0
>
> It shows up in /home/madolf as a disk volume icon on linux and \F on 
> Windows.  All ownership is set to me not root.
>
> PROBLEM: I can write and read on Windows. I can write and read on 
> Linux.  BUT I cannot see on either system what was written on the 
> other!  What's going on?
>
>
>
>   

Nevermind,  I remounted using Kcontrol and removed a folder that the 
file system thought was not there anymore (even though it showed up).  
After that all the stuff from  XP showed up and I can also see linux 
stuff from  XP.

Mike