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#1 2009-08-14 14:37:48

akurashy
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Registered: 2006-05-29
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External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

well, the title says it all. I connected two different hard drives from two friends of mine. Tried to pass some files but it didn't let me =/

I tried to go via terminal but it said operation not permitted. So I connected my hard drive (Western digital) it just works fine

Are there any modules I need to activate?

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#2 2009-08-14 15:13:39

mcmillan
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Re: External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

How are you mounting it and transferring files? If it got mounted as root and you're trying to write as a regular user you're not likely to have the right permissions, you can check the permissions with ls -l

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#3 2009-08-14 16:43:07

akurashy
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Re: External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

it just gets mounted automatically, I did check the permissions and owner/group, owner: myname group: root (then changed to myname to test)

Used dolphin at first, then later on checked on console, same stuff =/

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#4 2009-08-14 19:19:52

konni
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Re: External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

in case its in ntfs, try to use ntfs-3g. like 'sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt -t ntfs-3g'
normal ntfs does not have write support... (at least thats what i believe ^^)

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#5 2009-08-14 20:20:21

akurashy
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Re: External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

konni wrote:

in case its in ntfs, try to use ntfs-3g. like 'sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt -t ntfs-3g'
normal ntfs does not have write support... (at least thats what i believe ^^)

I'll have to check on that then smile just for reference I was reading a topic here about mounting.. I've been laying down on GUIs (as in getting lazy) but how do you check for hard drivers in console (with the filesystem) *good to know in case something goes awfully wrong*

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#6 2009-08-21 14:13:40

akurashy
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Re: External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

Yea it just like you said but I didn't know how to identify the /dev/DEVICE *tried to ask here but no answer* on how to list devices

Here is a log

2009-08-21 07:05:54        NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/W MODULE].
2009-08-21 07:05:54        NTFS-fs warning (device sdc1): parse_options(): Option utf8 is no longer supported, using option nls=utf8. Please use option nls=utf8 in the future and make sure utf8 is compiled either as a module or into the kernel.
2009-08-21 07:05:54        NTFS volume version 3.1.
2009-08-21 07:05:54        NTFS-fs error (device sdc1): load_system_files(): $LogFile is not clean. Mounting read-only. Mount in Windows.
2009-08-21 07:05:54        NTFS-fs error (device sdc1): load_system_files(): $LogFile is not clean. Mounting read-only. Mount in Windows.
2009-08-21 07:05:54    usb 2-3    USB disconnect, address 3

How can I fix this in auto mounting?

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#7 2009-08-21 15:31:39

Mr.Elendig
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Re: External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

It tells you to mount it in windows to fix the filesystem, so try that.


Evil #archlinux@libera.chat channel op and general support dude.
. files on github, Screenshots, Random pics and the rest

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#8 2009-08-21 20:58:17

akurashy
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Re: External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

Just for reference, is there an application to is able to do this in linux either by command or gui? just want to know in case I don't have any windows machine near me

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#9 2009-08-22 00:36:34

Mr.Elendig
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Registered: 2004-11-07
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Re: External Hard Drives mounts but won't let me write files to it

No, there is no reliable way to fix a ntfs partion from within linux(tm). Welcome to the glorious world of closed software/standards.


Evil #archlinux@libera.chat channel op and general support dude.
. files on github, Screenshots, Random pics and the rest

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