External USB NTFS drive

[Steven Vollom]

Alexander Smirnov wrote:
> joris abadie wrote:
>   
>> I have edubuntu-gutsy and the same problem, but with kubuntu gutsy, I 
>> have no problem. May be is my install medibuntu in kubuntu ?
>>
>> 2007/10/24, hvralpha < hvralpha at intekom.co.za 
>> <mailto:hvralpha at intekom.co.za>>:
>>
>>     Can anyone help with instructions to mount a external 160 Gb USB
>>     drive with a
>>     NTFS filesystem?
>>     Thought it will work out of the box now that Kubuntu Gutsy  can
>>     recognize NTFS
>>     and read write automaticall out of the box.
>>     System mounts FAT32 USb drives ( 128 mb) automatically, but not my
>>     160GB
>>     drive.
>>     thanks in advance.
>>
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> similar problem was discussed earlier: 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2007-August/019782.html
>
>   
I have the same problem, I am trying to install a One TB Maxtor One
Touch III FireWire800 FireWire400 USB2 external hard drive.  It may be
that you will have to create a small partition, and borrow a Windows XP
CD including it's installation code.

If the drive is Seagate or Maxtor, they preconfigure the drives for
Windows and Apple/Mac.  With those OS's, it is just a matter of plug and
play.  I am told the drivers are on the respective CD's, but haven't
found out yet.  I am saving your email address, so if I figure out the
problem before you, I will write.  I am writing now because everytime I
read your post to see if I can get help, I notice you don't get any
replies.  Once the drive is recognized, you can change to ext3 and
properly mount it.  Then remove Windows XP, and you are, I believe,
legal again.

There is probably an easier fix, but until someone with more knowledge
appears, we will have to wait or use the above cure.  One of the Linux
Gurus, someone who really knows Linux, lives close to me.  I just found
him.  He is going to try to help me.  But he did not have an answer to
this problem, and he is able to easily set up and configure just about
anything.  He can also easily correct the problems I create.  Don't lose
faith; manufacturers are romanced by Microsoft and do things that
exclude Linux users.  But eventually we find those answers, and look at
the superior capability of Linux.  It is worth it.  Some day Linux will
take over, because so many technicians are forced to not only create new
technologies, but figure the solutions to all the problems created by
competitors who want us excluded.  We will be forced to become more
capable than them, and everything we make will continue to be better
than what they produce.   Slowly, the word is getting out.  Strange,
this is one time you can get something for nothing and most people are
too wary to try.  Be patient.  I never give up; so if you can't find the
answer, I will.

Steven Vollom, fine-artist retired