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? -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ ****