FC4 - Mounting an external HD. Am I almost there?
Luc MAIGNAN
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Fri Jan 27 18:28:55 UTC 2006
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Hoffmann a écrit :
> --- Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>
>
>> Hoffmann wrote:
>>
>>> --- Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 21:02 -0800, Hoffmann wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello:
>>>>>
>>>>> I used the following command to mount an external
>>>>>
>>>> HD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> on my box:
>>>>>
>>>>> # mount -t ntfs -o umask=007 /dev/sdf5
>>>>> /media/HP_Personal_Media_Drive
>>>>>
>>>>> and I got this permission:
>>>>> dr-xr-x--- 1 root root 12288 Dec 9 16:56
>>>>> HP_Personal_Media_Drive
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I change this thing in order to have
>>>>> permission (as a non-root user) for writing on
>>>>>
>>>> that
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> external HD? My goal is to be able not only to
>>>>>
>>>> read
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> the external HD (as I can right do now), but also
>>>>>
>>>> move
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> files to it.
>>>>>
>>>> The linux ntfs driver has very limited write
>>>>
>> support
>>
>>>> and won't be able
>>>> to do this. There may be other ways of doing what
>>>> you need though - see
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
> http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfs-en#3.2_can_the_driver_write_to_an_ntfs_volume_too
>
>>>> Paul.
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Hi Paul,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the hint.
>>> What about a partition on the external HD. Is it
>>> possible to partition it? I mean, in my case, the
>>> external HD has 120 GB, and the idea would be to
>>>
>> keep
>>
>>> 20 GB for using it with Windows (NTFS), and 100 GB
>>>
>> to
>>
>>> use with FC4.
>>> Is that possible, and how?
>>>
>> The usual fix for this would be to reformat the disk
>> as FAT32 instead of
>> NTFS, which would then be both readable and writable
>> by both Windows and
>> Linux.
>>
>> Partitioning it is possible, but using a different
>> format is probably
>> simpler.
>>
>> Paul.
>>
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>
> Paul:
>
> Sorry, if my question sounds stupid. But, how can I
> reformat my external HD as FAT32?
> Could you, please, tell me, or send me a reference
> (webpage) for that?
>
> Thanks!
> Hoffmann
>
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