Problems with NTFS external USB drive in Kubuntu

[Eberhard Roloff]

Art Alexion wrote:

> With Ubuntu 8.04 eee, hal might complain that the file system is dirty.  All I 
> have to do is mount it manually with the force parameter and unmount it 
> cleanly, and it works fine.

Either try with ntfsfix or better scan the filesystem in windows.
> 
> At that point (after mounting and unmounting in Gnome), the Kubuntu hal will 
> mount it, but the access is really, really slow.
> 
> Any ideas on the difference?
> 
> Would reformatting it ext3 help?  
definitely. Since I am on ext3, ntfs problems are a thing of the past.
> 
> I was thinking I'd create a really small fat32 partion and put the ext3 driver 
> for windows there so that I could install it if I ever need it on a windows 
> system.
samrt idea. Thanks much!

Eberhard

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