how to access the ntf partition

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

Hallo R.Vijayaraghavan,

Op zaterdag 30 oktober 2004 21:06:10 schreef je:

> I am facing a new problem now. I am not able to mount a ntfs partition.
> Even tried with the -rw option, but it says that the access is denied.
> Any pointers.

If  you  mean that you can mount it, but the nautilus window that pops
up says access denied, try the following:

mount -t ntfs /dev/your_disk /your/mountpoint -o "ro,fmask=0333,dmask=0222"

Or the following line in /etc/fstab:
/dev/your_disk /your/mountpoint ntfs ro,fmask=0333,dmask=0222 0 0

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Dennis K.
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