ntfs mounting usb drive

[gq_flippimp]

I followed the instructions on stanton finley's site:

http://www.stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html#NTFS

but its not working =(


[shut@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost shut]# cd /mnt/windows
[root@localhost windows]# ls -l
total 0
[root@localhost windows]#


There is definilty something in the drive, but i cannot read it. I followed all the steps.
should the FSTAB file match the device listing when i type:

[root@localhost windows]# /sbin/fdisk -l

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 3654 29350723+ 7 HPFS/NTFS



need help =( thx :confused:

[laltopi]

I am not sure what the mounting problems are.
NTFS is a journaling file system and is not appropriate for removable media. You should try to use FAT32.

[iamroot]

Agreed. Reformat your drive to FAT32. Using removable media in Fedora should be a breeze.

[fpoole]

Agreed. Reformat your drive to FAT32. Using removable media in Fedora should be a breeze.

Agreed. I have an 80 gig Maxtor and 128 meg USB key that work like a charm between both XP and Fedora.

[steve941]

thats odd that your drive is formatted as ntfs since its a usb drive.. you formatted it windows im guessing as i tried to format my 80 gig drive in windows and it only allowed ntfs through format and i didn't feel like using command.com --or cmd.exe whatever.. just open terminal unmount usb drive and try mkfs or mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdc1 if there are any problems for some reason you can always do (if installed thru yum) scrub /dev/sdc and then mkfs.. erase that fstab entry because usb drive should automatically mount

[Alerander]

You should install ntfs handle rpm before you mount. you can find it from http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net