ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 40, Issue 43

[zazen]

ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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> I created a ntfs partition /dev/sda2.  I took my best shot at mounting 
> it to a directory owned by me and one owned by root, and ,as usual, the 
> complexities of mounting, killed my attempts. I just want it to show up 
> on my desktop so I can read and write to it from both XP and Ubuntu.  I 
> already added what's needed to write ntfs in linux.  It will contain 
> data I want to use from both OSs. I am not trying to share it over the 
> LAN just between dual boots.
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> Mike
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It's not enough to have the ntfs-3g tool installed. You have to 
configure fstab to mount them...ntfs-config can do it for you automatically:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions