On 03/17/2013 04:17 PM, Clint Dilks wrote: > Hi > > Try looking here > > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/NTFS > > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com> wrote: > >> Hey Y'all, >> >> I'm trying to mount a USB drive with an NTFS file system on it. I need >> the drive in a win-7 virtual box instance. >> >> Error Dialog is: >> >> Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 18: Error opening >> '/dev/sdc1': Read-only file system >> Failed to mount '/dev/sdc1': Read only file system >> >> [root at mushroom /]# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id | grep usb >> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Mar 17 14:49 >> usb-TOSHIBA_TOSHIBA_USB_DRV_07082714D41C2837-0:0 -> ../../sdc >> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 Mar 17 14:49 >> usb-TOSHIBA_TOSHIBA_USB_DRV_07082714D41C2837-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 >> >> [root at mushroom /]# ls -l /dev/disk/by-label/ | grep sdc >> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 Mar 17 14:49 FDSADV -> ../../sdc1 >> >> [root at mushroom /]# ls -l /dev/disk/by-path/ | grep sdc >> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Mar 17 14:49 >> pci-0000:00:10.4-usb-0:7:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc >> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 Mar 17 14:49 >> pci-0000:00:10.4-usb-0:7:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 >> >> [root at mushroom /]# ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ | grep sdc >> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 Mar 17 14:49 6CA0387BA0384E38 -> ../../sdc1 >> >> [root at mushroom /]# fdisk -l /dev/sdc >> >> Disk /dev/sdc: 32.0 GB, 32027705344 bytes >> 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 30544 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disk identifier: 0x05b6fb64 >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sdc1 1 30544 31277040 7 HPFS/NTFS >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> >> I installed ntfs-3g and ntfsprogs from the epel repo. I made a mount point at /mnt/Win-7 I added: /dev/sdc1 /mnt/Win7 ntfs-3g ro,umask=0222,defaults 0 0 in /etc/fstab I issued: mount /dev/sdc1 In /home/mlapier/Shared ln -s /mnt/Win7 USB1 I was able to access the contents of the drive through the sym link from the Win-7 Pro VM. Live is good. -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ ****