Package: mount Version: 2.16.2-0 Severity: normal using external hard disk formatted with ntfs on usb port gives read only mode. Can use or play with files on EHD without write/create.
use additional flashdisk/pendrive with vfat on another usb port with rw permission part output of df /dev/sda6 40957684 25976768 14980916 64% /mnt/music /dev/sdb6 37174376 36452624 721752 99% /mnt/movie /dev/sdb5 20482840 15940808 4542032 78% /mnt/movie1 /dev/sdc1 488383996 14485852 473898144 3% /media/GautamNath /dev/sdd1 2011268 125956 1885312 7% /media/ARKO part output of mount /dev/sda6 on /mnt/music type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) /dev/sdb6 on /mnt/movie type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) /dev/sdb5 on /mnt/movie1 type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) /mnt/music/archives on /var/cache/apt/archives type none (rw,bind) /dev/sdc1 on /media/GautamNath type ntfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077) /dev/sdd1 on /media/ARKO type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush) where as part of fstab /dev/sda6 /mnt/music ntfs-3g rw,users,umask=000 0 0 /dev/sdb6 /mnt/movie ntfs-3g rw,users,umask=000 0 0 /dev/sdb5 /mnt/movie1 ntfs-3g rw,users,umask=000 0 0 output of ls /media total 10 drwx------ 4 naths naths 4096 Jan 1 1970 ARKO lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jun 28 2009 cdrom -> cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 28 2009 cdrom0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 28 2009 floppy -> floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 28 2009 floppy0 dr-x------ 1 naths naths 8192 Jan 21 11:47 GautamNath -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 23 07:46 .hal-mtab required help for A) mounted with rw permission and B) proper device name & permission for mounting along with other usb port thanks, -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages mount depends on: ii libblkid1 2.16.2-0 block device id library ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libselinux1 2.0.89-4 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii libsepol1 2.0.40-2 SELinux library for manipulating b ii libuuid1 2.16.2-0 Universally Unique ID library mount recommends no packages. Versions of packages mount suggests: pn nfs-common <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org