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Moritz

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From: Cologne, NRW, Germany

Registered: 2002-10-12

Posts: 166

prefer ntfs-3g instead of ntfs

Hey!

I'm very happy using my external hd with ntfs-3g. It works like a charm. There is only one thing: I have to mount it by hand each time, because opening it by kde uses ntfs only.
How to I tell arch (hal?) to prefer ntfs-3g instead of ntfs?

Regards,
Moritz

hacosta

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From: Mexico

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 423

Re: prefer ntfs-3g instead of ntfs

post your /etc/fstab do you have noauto in options?

Moritz

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From: Cologne, NRW, Germany

Registered: 2002-10-12

Posts: 166

Re: prefer ntfs-3g instead of ntfs

Actually my external HD is not in my fstab.
I've got an usb stick and an external cardreader. The device name of the hd changes depending on the order I plugged hd/usbstick/cardreader in. That's why I don't use it.

funkyou

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From: Berlin, DE

Registered: 2006-03-19

Posts: 848

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Re: prefer ntfs-3g instead of ntfs

I have build udev and hal packages today that support automatic mounting of external ntfs drives using ntfs-3g... The patches will also be posted to the bug tracker, and i hope the arch devs build them into the official packages...

You can download and try the PKGBUILDs:

hal
klibc-udev
udev

How to install:

1 - Install ntfs-3g and fuse with pacman
2 - Add the fuse module to rc.conf
3 - Build and install udev
4 - Build and install klibc-udev
5 - Build and install hal
6 - Reboot...

This should enable automounting for USB ntfs drives, i have tried it and it works out of the box...

Please notice that these are unofficial packages made by me. They are based on the latest arch versions, but will be overwritten when there is a new version in the repos...

use on your own risk

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want a modular and tweaked KDE for arch? try kdemod

Moritz

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From: Cologne, NRW, Germany

Registered: 2002-10-12

Posts: 166

Re: prefer ntfs-3g instead of ntfs

I'll give them a try! Thanx and regards to berlin!

Moritz

gothicknight

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-04-08

Posts: 219

Re: prefer ntfs-3g instead of ntfs

There should be a patch to define in a configuration file ( for example rc.conf ) the prefered ntfs driver to use the mount FS that HAL would mount.

Pajaro

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Registered: 2004-04-21

Posts: 884

Re: prefer ntfs-3g instead of ntfs

There should be a patch to define in a configuration file ( for example rc.conf ) the prefered ntfs driver to use the mount FS that HAL would mount.

this is a too specific thing. The right thing should be generic:

"There should be a patch to define in a configuration file the preferred file system drivers to use by applications."

Keep in mind that exceptions make coding and maintainance complicated.