Mount NTFS disk as a read and write volume and not read only.

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 11/18/06, redhatdude at bellsouth.net <redhatdude at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > r> Can someone tell me how I can get to delete files in this NTFS
> > r> volume using FC6?
> >
> > You can install the "ntfs-3g" package from extras, and then mount the
> > partition:
> >
> > mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt
> >
> > (or whatever partition the NTFS volume is on).
> >
> > Then cd /mnt and delete files as you wish.  umount /mnt when you're
> > done.
> >
> >  - J<
>
>   Installed ntfs-3g and tried to mount the drive. Problems with it
> because Windows didn't shutdown properly. Installed ntfsprogs and ran
> ntfsfix which comes with ntfsprogs. After that I mounted the drive
> again with ntfs-3g using -o force as option.
> It worked.
> Thanks a lot guys.
> EJ

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