Auto mount NTFS partition fedora 12

[time4e]

Hi,
Currently I have a dual boot system it consists of Fedora 12 and Windows Vista, at this time when I am logged into fedora 12 I can select the windows vista partition in the f12 file manager, I am than prompted for the root password and after entering the password, the drive mounts as read/write with no problem. How can I automate this mounting process so once I login as a standard user the NTFS partition mounts without any input? I would like this to auto mount without prompting for a password or having to double click on the vista partition each time. Any idea's would be great.

Thanks,
-Tim

[GoinEasy9]

This link describes how to edit fstab in order to mount NTFS partitions on boot:
http://fedorasolved.org/post-install...tfs-read-write

Look down around step 5 & 6. If you can click and mount, I'm assuming the previous steps have already been taken care of. Doesn't hurt to check.

[time4e]

GoinEasy9,
Thanks that did the trick!

-Tim

[GoinEasy9]

np, glad to have helped.

[hollovoid]

Another way to do it without having to edit your fstab, is to install ntfs-config (yum install ntfs-config) and go to (if in gnome) System>Administration>Ntfs configuration tool. It worked for me, and they all show up and mount, writable or not (you can choose in the tool) as they should.

[Br3nn0s]

I have the same problem of time4e. So.I install ntfs-config, but now the disk is not visible. FC12 tell me that only root can access. I am root, but I cannot access to it. How to do?
The disk was /media/DATA, but now I cannot see it no more.

[root@localhost media]# ls -lsa
totale 24
4 drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 4 mar 11:04 .
4 dr-xr-xr-x. 25 root root 4096 4 mar 11:07 ..
4 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 28 4 mar 11:12 .created_by_python-fstab
4 drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 4096 28 gen 15:56 SYSTEM
8 drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8192 3 mar 14:07 WINDOWS


I post fdisk

# fdisk -l

Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 52 409600 27 Sconosciuto
La partizione 1 non termina al limite del cilindro.
/dev/sda2 52 17704 141793280 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 17704 53399 286720000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 53400 60801 59456565 5 Esteso
/dev/sda5 53400 53425 204800 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 53425 60801 59251711+ 8e Linux LVM

Thank you

---------- Post added at 12:22 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 11:16 AM CST ----------

I see the partition DATA from windows 7, but it is not possibile to mount it from fedora 12. I see it no more neither by root access.
I dont know how to do.

Perhaps I've done any mistake when I configured ntfs-config. Now I open ntf-config from system>Admin>ntfs-config, and I cannot see the list of the ntfs partitions, as before pushing the auto configuration.

Can you help me? THX a lot!

---------- Post added at 01:32 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 12:22 PM CST ----------

I can see the DATA ntfs partition from nautilus (dolphin)
When I try to mount the error is:

Impossibile montare la posizione (=impossible to mount the partition)
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: only root can mount /dev/sda3 on /media/DATA

Can u help me please?

---------- Post added at 01:40 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 01:32 PM CST ----------

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
#Entry for /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root :
UUID=3f32de39-617c-4229-ab07-a93f8de707c7 / ext4 defaults 1 1
#Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=686b034e-d6f5-4626-af1a-0f996922782e /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
#Entry for /dev/sda3 :
UUID=B8A10005A0FFC7C0 /media/DATA ntfs-3g defaults,nosuid,nodev,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=0CD083E7D083D57C /media/SYSTEM ntfs-3g defaults,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda2 :
UUID=A81687FB1687C930 /media/WINDOWS ntfs-3g defaults,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap :
UUID=de03bd7f-fb4d-4c98-9c4f-1520502004dd swap swap defaults 0 0

---------- Post added at 02:20 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 PM CST ----------

I hope not to spam. I post this problem also on:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...31#post1337231

[Salva]

I haven't tried ntfs-config but check the "Enable write support" http://flomertens.free.fr/ntfs-config/screen.htm
Maybe the program is not showing the devices because they already exist in /etc/fstab. Try comenting out those entries before launching ntfs-config:

#Entry for /dev/sda3 :
#UUID=B8A10005A0FFC7C0 /media/DATA ntfs-3g defaults,nosuid,nodev,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda1 :
#UUID=0CD083E7D083D57C /media/SYSTEM ntfs-3g defaults,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda2 :
#UUID=A81687FB1687C930 /media/WINDOWS ntfs-3g defaults,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0



Impossibile montare la posizione (=impossible to mount the partition)
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: only root can mount /dev/sda3 on /media/DATA

In your /etc/fstab the entry for /dev/sda3 refers to the mounting point /media/DATA but in your /media/ dir I don't see it. You can create it with

su -c 'mkdir /media/DATA'

'

I haven't tried ntfs-config but check the "Enable write support" http://flomertens.free.fr/ntfs-config/screen.htm

ln your /etc/fstab you could add the option "user" to allow normal users to mount /media/DATA. The line would be like this:

#Entry for /dev/sda3 :
UUID=B8A10005A0FFC7C0 /media/DATA ntfs-3g defaults,user,nosuid,nodev,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0

This allow you to mount the partition as normal user if the dir /media/DATA already exist with the comand

mount /media/DATA

In ntfs-config check the "Enable write support" http://flomertens.free.fr/ntfs-config/screen.html