Can not access windows ntfs from opensuse 11

**rcazador** · 13-Nov-2008, 01:17

Incidentally when I was trying Kubuntu 8.10. I could mount and access files from both the partitions. So they work with linux.

PS Opensuse is better

**caf4926** · 13-Nov-2008, 01:21

But do you have a folder in your tree
name:
windows D

of course the path is /windows D

**rcazador** · 13-Nov-2008, 02:17

Originally Posted by caf4926

But do you have a folder in your tree
name:
windows D

of course the path is /windows D

I'm not understanding you here. when you say folder in tree, do you mean a folder under /. If so no... Sorry, I'm used to ubuntu where it loads under /media

**rcazador** · 13-Nov-2008, 02:20

I tried sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /windows/D
it says mount failed: Device maybe busy or resource busy

**rcazador** · 13-Nov-2008, 02:22

Just now it loaded. I see /windows/D and C. One last thing, will it stay this way or will I have to do something to keep it working?

**rcazador** · 13-Nov-2008, 02:24

can there be shortcuts for a folder in the ntfs partition or the partition itself on the desktop???

**oldcpu** · 13-Nov-2008, 02:32

Originally Posted by rcazador

Just now it loaded. I see /windows/D and C. One last thing, will it stay this way or will I have to do something to keep it working?

It needs to be in your fstab to have it automatically setup at boot.

I've been watching this thread, and I think one thing that might make it easier for the users trying to help you, is provide a "current" snap shot summary as to where you are now with your configuration (I know some of this you have done before - its intended to show any changes you may have made).

You could do that by rebooting, and then typing the following in a konsole or gnome-terminal, and pasting here the output:

df -Th
su -c 'fdisk -l' #enter root password when prompted
cat /etc/fstab

**caf4926** · 13-Nov-2008, 02:50

Follow oldcpu's advice so we can see where you are.

when you say folder in tree, do you mean a folder under /

YES. Just like /media you refer to.
It's simple really.
If you just mount sda? to /media it can be confusing if you plug a pen drive in, which will also mount there.

**rcazador** · 13-Nov-2008, 08:21

Originally Posted by oldcpu

It needs to be in your fstab to have it automatically setup at boot.

I've been watching this thread, and I think one thing that might make it easier for the users trying to help you, is provide a "current" snap shot summary as to where you are now with your configuration (I know some of this you have done before - its intended to show any changes you may have made).

You could do that by rebooting, and then typing the following in a konsole or gnome-terminal, and pasting here the output:

df -Th
su -c 'fdisk -l' #enter root password when prompted
cat /etc/fstab

I've attached a screenshot of the output for the code details you asked for [IMG]

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Also below is my current fstab...

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD600VE-75H_WD-WXE806313060-part6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD600VE-75H_WD-WXE806313060-part5 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD600VE-75H_WD-WXE806313060-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/sda2 /windows/D ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0