Linux question

BrianR • Aug 31, 2004 3:58 pm

How do I tell Linux (Mandrake 9.0) that my mount point for Windows is now a NTFS partition vice a FAT32? I can't find a conf file anywhere that stores this information.

I know I can reinstall, but I don't want to lose my software in the process.

Brian

dar512 • Aug 31, 2004 4:31 pm

There's a conf file in /etc that stores this for most Linuxes. /etc/fstab if I remember correctly.

I haven't used Linux recently. But as of last year, NTFS support was read-only and use with your fingers crossed. You might be better off to make a small fat32 partition to use for transferring files back and forth.

Pie • Aug 31, 2004 4:37 pm

dar512 wrote:
There's a conf file in /etc that stores this for most Linuxes. /etc/fstab if I remember correctly.

I haven't used Linux recently. But as of last year, NTFS support was read-only and use with your fingers crossed. You might be better off to make a small fat32 partition to use for transferring files back and forth.

:thumbsup: Correctomundo on both points.
For more information on how to configure /etc/fstab, try "man fstab"... and good luck with the ntfs!

- Pie, Linux user since 1993 (gawd I feel old)

BrianR • Sep 2, 2004 7:42 am

Tried to modify that file...no dice. It tells me that there is a bad number of blocks in that partition. Looks like I'm reinstalling soon. As soon as I finish downloading v10.0.

Brian

mbpark • Sep 2, 2004 10:18 am

Seriously,

modify your /etc/fstab and leave that read-only.

NTFS and any other OS than Windows have issues, apparently.

I've used NTFS for Linux for unlock disks, but that's it!

Mitch

dar512 • Sep 2, 2004 10:26 am

Bad number of blocks means you had a file system error. ext2fs is really solid - did you have a system crash or something? You might try fixing the file system (fsck if I remember).

Also, you probably already know this, but never ever shut down a Linux machine by just flipping the power. It's nearly guaranteed to mess up the file system.

BrianR • Sep 2, 2004 2:57 pm

That happened once or twice...power outages happen. I NEVER just flip the switch. Unless Winblows is stuck and not fixable.

I'm reinstalling with a more current version...that should rebuild the file system and fix any other problems too, except it will wipe out my high score file for a puzzle game I'm playing. Oh well, I can redo it.

BrianR • Sep 5, 2004 6:14 pm

Fixed it by installing 10.0.

And modifying a .conf file to be the same as the one on the other computer on the network. Took a few minutes once I realized that the install didn't pick up the new file system

All is well now, except I lost all my game high scores. Gotta start all over again there. :(