This is probably a dumb question, but I've looked around and I can't find anything on this.
I'm using ntfs-3g now, from rpmforge, to access my M$ Window$ disks for offline backup and other such menial tasks, and I noticed that the ntfs file systems are not mounted automatically, but I have to mount them manually as ntfs-3g devices.
I _thought_ when I installed the whole dkms-fuse and fuse-ntfs-3g packages from rpmforge that they would be more integrated into the system (i.e., direct automount). Is that just my erroneous expectation, or did I miss something in the installation process?
Thanks.
mhr
PS: Still no resolution on the Canon problem. Canon suggested I use a card reader (which I mentioned having tried and failed in my question to them). LOVE that tech support for Linux....
On Sat, 23 May 2009, MHR wrote:
This is probably a dumb question, but I've looked around and I can't find anything on this.
I'm using ntfs-3g now, from rpmforge, to access my M$ Window$ disks for offline backup and other such menial tasks, and I noticed that the ntfs file systems are not mounted automatically, but I have to mount them manually as ntfs-3g devices.
I _thought_ when I installed the whole dkms-fuse and fuse-ntfs-3g packages from rpmforge that they would be more integrated into the system (i.e., direct automount). Is that just my erroneous expectation, or did I miss something in the installation process?
Works fine for me in Gnome. Are you using the latest fuse-ntfs-3g-2009.4.4-2.el5.rf package ?
In Gnome I added the Disk Mounter applet to my panel so it is easy to unmount before you retract the disk (ntfs is prone to those problems).
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Dag Wieers dag@centos.org wrote:
Works fine for me in Gnome. Are you using the latest fuse-ntfs-3g-2009.4.4-2.el5.rf package ?
I am now (just updated) - no problems.
Thanks!
In Gnome I added the Disk Mounter applet to my panel so it is easy to unmount before you retract the disk (ntfs is prone to those problems).
They're showing up as icons on the desktop, so I won't forget....
:-)
mhr
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:32 AM, MHR mhullrich@gmail.com wrote:
This is probably a dumb question, but I've looked around and I can't find anything on this.
I'm using ntfs-3g now, from rpmforge, to access my M$ Window$ disks for offline backup and other such menial tasks, and I noticed that the ntfs file systems are not mounted automatically, but I have to mount them manually as ntfs-3g devices.
I _thought_ when I installed the whole dkms-fuse and fuse-ntfs-3g packages from rpmforge that they would be more integrated into the system (i.e., direct automount). Is that just my erroneous expectation, or did I miss something in the installation process?
<snip>
you forgot to add something like the below, to your /etc/fstab file:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0
modify what's above, so it works for you.
This works fine. I can read/write to/from my NTFS partition and ext3 partition.
The only possible issue I saw was that after the upgrade to 5.3, it didn't work. Possibly I needed to wait longer for it to kick in, or reboot again. Akemi I think commented on that thread.
OT: About the Canon support for Linux, some years ago, I received a reply from Lexmark Tech Support that they wouldn't release an updated Linux driver for our printer. Probably won't be buying any Lexmark printers after that.
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
The only possible issue I saw was that after the upgrade to 5.3, it didn't work. Possibly I needed to wait longer for it to kick in, or reboot again. Akemi I think commented on that thread.
The issue about NTFS and CentOS 5.3 is that the NTFS code is now broken upstream, which means centosplus kernels do not have ntfs enabled as of 5.3. The details can be found here:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3363
Those who were using the centosplus kernel to get ntfs working now need to use either (1) ntfs-3g by following http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/NTFS or (2) the kmod-ntfs package from ElRepo ( http://elrepo.org ) as detailed in the above bug tracker.
Akemi
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
The only possible issue I saw was that after the upgrade to 5.3, it didn't work. Possibly I needed to wait longer for it to kick in, or reboot again. Akemi I think commented on that thread.
The issue about NTFS and CentOS 5.3 is that the NTFS code is now broken upstream, which means centosplus kernels do not have ntfs enabled as of 5.3. The details can be found here:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3363
Those who were using the centosplus kernel to get ntfs working now need to use either (1) ntfs-3g by following http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/NTFS or (2) the kmod-ntfs package from ElRepo ( http://elrepo.org ) as detailed in the above bug tracker.
Akemi: I'm using the stock (32 bit) kernel. As I recall, after I upgraded from CentOS 5.2 to 5.3 and I couldn't see the NTFS partition, you wrote something about maybe I needed to wait longer for it to kick in or reboot. I don't recall exactly what you wrote. I reinstalled it and it has been working perfectly for me since then. Probably I followed the CenOS Wiki, to get it working again. Lanny
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
Akemi: I'm using the stock (32 bit) kernel. As I recall, after I upgraded from CentOS 5.2 to 5.3 and I couldn't see the NTFS partition, you wrote something about maybe I needed to wait longer for it to kick in or reboot. I don't recall exactly what you wrote. I reinstalled it and it has been working perfectly for me since then. Probably I followed the CenOS Wiki, to get it working again. Lanny
Yes, you self-solved it :-D If I remember, you needed to reboot to get dkms to kick in (or some such).
Akemi
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