On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 16:00 +0200, Liloulinx wrote: > Globe Trotter wrote: > > >--- Thomas Springer <th.springer@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hello > >> > >> > >>On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 05:41:13 -0700 (PDT) > >>Globe Trotter wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I have the ntfs kernel installed and the following line in my /etc/ > >>>fstab. > >>> > >>>/dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs rw,defaults,umask=0222 0 0 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Why did you apply this umask? > >> > >> > >> > >>>The windoze partition mounts okay and I can change directories, etc. > >>> > >>>cd /media/windows/Documents and Settings/globe/Desktop > >>> > >>>However, I am unable to copy files to it on linux (FC4). What do I > >>>have to do to be able to do this? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>I think it's because you have to change umask to sth like 022 > >> > >> > >> > > > >Thanks! But no, did not work, sorry! > > > >%cp small.pdf /media/windows/Documents\ and\ Settings/globe/Desktop/ > >cp: cannot create regular file `/media/windows/Documents and > >Settings/globe/Desktop/small.pdf': Read-only file system > > > >Any other help, please? > >Many thanks! > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > In 2.4 kernel we can mount an ntfs partition system just for reading, we > can not write. Perhaps it's the same thing with FC4 (2.6 kernel). I'm > not sure but it may be.!!! The Linux NTFS module has very limited write support. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/rel26.html Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
