External HD problems...

[m0nk3y]

I ran the config to allow to read from NTFS, and fedore recognized my drive both during install and after. It's a Seagate 160GB USB.

My questions:

Is there a way to write to NTFS from Fedora?

What could cause the drive to be unmountable?

thanks!


-Nick

[gertbor]

My questions:

Is there a way to write to NTFS from Fedora?

No.

What could cause the drive to be unmountable?

You need driver: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/
gertbor

[m0nk3y]

sorry for the n00b question, but which one?

[gertbor]

You can't write on NTFS partition. You can only mount it if you have NTFS driver installed. See the link.
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora4.html
gertbor

[m0nk3y]

You can't write on NTFS partition. You can only mount it if you have NTFS driver installed. See the link.
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora4.html
gertbor


i should've clarified, i cant figure out what driver to use to get my HD to mount.

[m0nk3y]

You can't write on NTFS partition. You can only mount it if you have NTFS driver installed. See the link.
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora4.html
gertbor


attemped that one, still having issues... i'll try to get back with more specifics. thanks!

[iamroot]

You could write to NTFS if you're feeling particularly brave. I belive there's an unstable write-driver for NTFS out there.

[m0nk3y]

You could write to NTFS if you're feeling particularly brave. I belive there's an unstable write-driver for NTFS out there.

I'm not that brave :-P

ive goty too much info on this drive, and i'm a linux n00b.

I've used it as a workstation for a few years, but never did anything technical, even to the extent of installing more than xmms.

[iamroot]

The best way would be to create a FAT32 partition so you can transfer files between your OSes.