Problem with NTFS mounting read-only

Some people have reported this problem. Puppy uses the following to mount an NTFS partition. If you are experiencing this problem, I need you to try this in a terminal and find out what error is returned.

Type this (assuming partition is hda1):

# ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 -o silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other
# echo $?

I need to know what is returned by the echo also.

If it mounts okay, but readonly, unmount it then try this:

#umount /mnt/hda1
# ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 -o force,silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other
# echo $?

Then unmount:

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Comments

ntfs read-only if check needed


NTFS
Username: cthisbear
"" I need to know what is returned by the echo also. If it mounts okay, but readonly, unmount it then try this: " .............. Puppy Beta4 Booted a Dell Optiplex SX260 to fix XP. Red warning label etc appeared? I did not unmount. Used ...Force.. to delete pagefile etc the first time only, with no problems in moving files..copying on and off the same disk...and also deleting files. I thought this was an excellent release super smooth...........Chris.

ntfs
Username: kirk
"No problem with Pmount or command line. Hotpup mounts ntfs read-only.

ntfs
Username: linuxcbon
"# ntfs-3g /dev/hdc6 /mnt/hdc6 -o silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory # echo $? 0

No problem
Username: GeoW
" I am running Puppu 3.98 on my NTFS HD. It works great I read and write from Puppy or Win. Dono if this helps. GeoW

NTFS-3G Stable Read/Write Driver
Username: coolpup
"The latest stable version is 1.2412, released on April 12, 2008. http://freshmeat.net/projects/ntfs-3g/?branch_id=68583&release_id=275981 http://www.ntfs-3g.org/

ntfs-3g output
Username: Prit1
"#ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 -o silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other RETURNED: shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory #echo $? RETURNED: 0

Re: ntfs
Username: BarryK
"I also did a test on a relative's computer, Windows XP. I saved a pup_save on it, worked fine. Prit1, What version of Windows do you have? I'm wondering if the problem that some people have is with the NTFS used with Vista. Or alternatively, perhaps the NTFS is so dirty that ntfs-3g can't handle it. A run through the filesystem cleanup utility in Windows might be worth a try.

NTFS
Username: HairyWill
"I get this too # ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 -o silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory # echo $? 0 partition is mounted read/write it is running XP, service pack 1 (I think) I'm sure the filesystem is dirty

ntfs-3g
Username: Prit1
"Barry, My Windows version is XP Home SP2. Somehow the Hotpup in 2.14R works well with my NTFS system. Maybe we should look at the mount script in 2.14R.

Re: ntfs
Username: BarryK
"Prit1, Kirk reports that HotPup mounts ntfs partitions read-only.

Re: ntfs
Username: BarryK
"Prit1, Anyway, when you tested mounting ntfs-3g, it returned '0' meaning that it succeeded, despite those error messages. Meaning that it got mounted read-write. After running that line with ntfs-3g, did you go and see whether /mnt/hda1 was actually mounted and writable?

ntfs-3g
Username: Prit1
"Barry, You are right. I verified after the commands you mentioned and my NTFS partition was mounted read-write and I was able to write to it. Hope the next release will not have this issue. A month ago, upon suggestion from Dougal, I used the mount script from 2.14R in 2.17.1 and it did mount ntfs-3g in read-write without any problems.

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