Message from http://www.linux-ntfs.org/

Please Note: This beta version should currently be used for testing purposes only, stable packages will be released soon.

On a side note, the kernel driver too is currently undergoing heavy development. A new and very much improved kernel driver has been announced and is currently being written, but won’t be available before at least 2007.

We know that you can mount your Windows NTFS drive and have full read access. But how about writing to NTFS?

A new application has surfaced called ntfs-3g, which will allow you write access. It is currently only available for 32 bit machines, so sorry 64 bit users.

You can either download the driver and install it yourself or use the .deb file.

 

 

Easy Ubuntu .deb file method

In Ubuntu Dapper you need to have FUSE installed first. Open up your terminal and type in

these commands to add the repository to your “sources list :

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

#ntfs-3g & fuse-2.5 repo:

deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main

deb-src http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main

From there download & install the .deb driver. In the terminal type:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

 

Now add your NTFS drive to your fstab file, so it will be loaded on boot up :

Open your teminal and type:-

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

Add this to the bottom:-

/dev/partition /media/mount point ntfs-3g silent,umask=0,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

Mine looks like this :-

/dev/hdc1 /windows ntfs-3g silent,umask=0,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

*NOTE* Even if you already have your NTFS partition mounted, DO NOT forget to change this part. It is DIFFERENT.

Now you need to add Fuse to your modules file so it can be loaded on boot up :

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

Add fuse to the bottom of the file

Now you can either reboot and the drive will be mounted or you can try mounting it without rebooting by typing this command in the terminal :

sudo modprobe fuse

sudo umount -a

sudo mount -a

 

Now you should be able to write to your windows drive.

 

 

 

Thanks givré for the update on the repo )

Givrés original howto HERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

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