A few questions about openSuse 10.1

I have a dual boot with XP set up, and I have a bunch of files on a NTFS
partition that I need write access in Linux. I logged into root, and tried
to change permissions, but it would not allow changes. Is there a way to
accomplish this?

Thhe second question is Yast software updater bugged? I downloaded all the
updates and they installed, but they are still listed as available. Also, a
few package updates show up that I did not install. Is this normal? Thanks.

xstyci@earthlink.net wrote:

> I have a dual boot with XP set up, and I have a bunch of files on a NTFS
> partition that I need write access in Linux. I logged into root, and tried
> to change permissions, but it would not allow changes. Is there a way to
> accomplish this?
>
> Thhe second question is Yast software updater bugged? I downloaded all the
> updates and they installed, but they are still listed as available. Also,
> a few package updates show up that I did not install. Is this normal?
> Thanks.

For the first part of your question, it is a very bad idea to write to an
NTFS partition from Linux as you take the chance of corrupting your entire
Windows operating system. Windows does *not* play well with others. Your
Windows partition was mounted read-only. A far better and safe way to share
data between Windows on NTFS and Linux is to create a "buffer" partition
formatted FAT32. Linux can write to FAT32 with no problem. There is no
problem just copying files from Windows to Linux and working on them in
Linux. I use Linux to retrieve data off failed Windows installs all the
time.

If you want to live totally dangerously, then see these links:

http://www.linux-ntfs.org/
http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/

I thought Captive was abandoned, but I may be wrong. The Linux-NTFS Project
definitely is current.

For the second part of your problem, there are problems with YaST in 10.1 if
that is the version of SUSE you are using. Do a Google Groups search for
details in the updates-patches group on this server and in
alt.os.linux.suse.

Malke
--
"I have a cunning plan..."

> xstyci@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > I have a dual boot with XP set up, and I have a bunch of files on a
NTFS
> > partition that I need write access in Linux. I logged into root, and
tried
> > to change permissions, but it would not allow changes. Is there a way
to
> > accomplish this?
> >
> > Thhe second question is Yast software updater bugged? I downloaded all
the
> > updates and they installed, but they are still listed as available.
Also,
> > a few package updates show up that I did not install. Is this normal?
> > Thanks.
>
> For the first part of your question, it is a very bad idea to write to an
> NTFS partition from Linux as you take the chance of corrupting your
entire
> Windows operating system. Windows does *not* play well with others. Your
> Windows partition was mounted read-only. A far better and safe way to
share
> data between Windows on NTFS and Linux is to create a "buffer" partition
> formatted FAT32. Linux can write to FAT32 with no problem. There is no
> problem just copying files from Windows to Linux and working on them in
> Linux. I use Linux to retrieve data off failed Windows installs all the
> time.
>
> If you want to live totally dangerously, then see these links:
>
> http://www.linux-ntfs.org/
> http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
>
> I thought Captive was abandoned, but I may be wrong. The Linux-NTFS
Project
> definitely is current.
>
> For the second part of your problem, there are problems with YaST in
10.1 if
> that is the version of SUSE you are using. Do a Google Groups search for
> details in the updates-patches group on this server and in
> alt.os.linux.suse.
>
> Malke
> --
> "I have a cunning plan..."

Malke,

I have a similar question:

Being aware that writing to NTFS partitions should be avoided I created
said "buffer partition" with FAT32. But in this case it is not possible to
write to it as a user. Only root can do that. If root attemptes to grant
permissions to users the system denies. What is the reason? ( Note: The
FAT32 partion is not mounted RO! )

Greetings

Christian

Christian,

what does your /etc/fstab look like? Here is my line for my FAT partition:
/dev/hda4 /windows/C vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:

> Christian,
>
> what does your /etc/fstab look like? Here is my line for my FAT partition:
> /dev/hda4 /windows/C vfat
> users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
>
> Uwe
>
The Amazing Uwe beat me to it. ;-) Mine is exactly the same as his (so I
know I did it right!).

Malke
--
"I have a cunning plan..."