Mounting ntfs drives automatically at kde startup

[errorxp]

Hi,

im using FC8 with KDE.

My ntfs drives are detected and all but i have to mount them manually by clicking on them each time i want to use them. In drive properties under mounting tab i have checked the option "mount automatically" but that doesn't mount the drives at kde startup. I have a feeling the option is buried somewhere but i just can't find it. So my question is how can i mount those drives automatically at startup.

[glennzo]

Add mount commands to /etc/fstab.
/dev/sdb1 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
Assuming that the Windows partition is /dev/sdb1 and your mount point is /media/windows. Change it to match the actual partition you want to mount and create the mount point, i.e., mkdir /media/windows or mkdir /media/mypix, etc.

[errorxp]

When i modify fstab and add mount points i won't be able to access my ntfs partitions at all. I have my mp3 collection stored on ntfs partitions and it's quite annoying to mount them manually each time.

added some screens

[glennzo]

I 'm a Gnome user. Don't mess with KDE too much. Doing what I suggested works perfectly for me and I'd say it could be considered pretty standard practice. However, the example I provided is also fairly generic and can be expanded to be much more specific. If you search the forum you will come up with several examples for mounting NTFS partitions automatically at boot time. Also, man mount will provide a great amount of insight on using the command.

[errorxp]

i think i need to configure autofs but not sure how

[glennzo]

I think you may be over complicating things. Let's assume that you want to permanently mount your Windows partition on the C drive, dev/sda1. All you need to do is make a mount point. You can name that mount point whatever you like. Let's call it winxp. Open a terminal and as root type mkdir /media/winxp. Mount point created. Now all we need to do is mount the partition. Again as root, type mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/winxp. Partition mounted. Browse it with your favorite file manager. This mount will be good until you reboot or manually un-mount, umount /media/winxp.

To make it mount automatically when you boot your system you need to add a line to /etc/fstab. Using the assumed partition and mount point you would add this line to the bottom of the file,

/dev/sda1 /media/winxp ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

. Save the file. Done.

Additionally, if /dev/sda1 is not the partition you are targeting you can, in a terminal, type /sbin/fdisk -l which will display all partitions on all disks. Choose from what's listed and adjust the mount command accordingly.

[glennzo]

Originally Posted by errorxp

When i modify fstab and add mount points i won't be able to access my ntfs partitions at all.

Why will you not be able to access the partitions?

[errorxp]

I modified my etc/fstab

LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
/dev/sda6               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

to look like this:

LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
/dev/sda6               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

/dev/sda1    /media/XP ntfs-3g  rw,defaults,umask=0000  0    0
/dev/sda5    /media/DOWNLOAD ntfs-3g  rw,defaults,umask=0000  0    0
/dev/sdb1    /media/DATA ntfs-3g  rw,defaults,umask=0000  0    0

After that i couldn't browse my ntfs partitions which are shown on the screenshot above (permission denied error smth) and my mount points where i actually mounted my partitions did not show any contents. Maybe if i uninstall the autofs thing it will work but then again i will have to mount my dvd-roms and etc?

[glennzo]

Replace defaults with users.

/dev/sda1    /media/XP ntfs-3g  rw,users,umask=0000  0    0
/dev/sda5    /media/DOWNLOAD ntfs-3g  rw,users,umask=0000  0    0
/dev/sdb1    /media/DATA ntfs-3g  rw,users,umask=0000  0    0

If you un-mount a partition and remount it with mount /media/xp do you get any errors? Does the command dmesg | grep ntfs-3g or dmesg | grep mount show anthing that looks like an error?

Is SELinux enabled and denying mount by regular user?

[errorxp]

ok with the updated fstab still nothing happens. while booting it shows some kind of error about not being able to mount ntfs drives

[root@localhost Priit]# dmesg | grep ntfs-3g
[root@localhost Priit]# dmesg | grep mount
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.

nothing happens though i can't see my partitions.
also selinux is disabled.

it's driving me crazy

[LonelySpooky]

Have you tried ntfs-config tool?

# yum install ntfs-config

[errorxp]

Originally Posted by LonelySpooky

Have you tried ntfs-config tool?

# yum install ntfs-config

that did the trick, i don't know why but it did. i just enabled write support.

anyway thanks guys