Ubuntu second hard drive was Windows partition

[Mark Haney]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>   
>>> Doug Pollard wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Excuse me I am not making any sense this morning.  This is a second hard 
>>>> drive that auto mounts but has no permissions.  I need info on how to 
>>>> give permissions.
>>>>                                                                    
>>>> Thanks Doug
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>     A hard drive does not have permissions. It has partitions that may 
>>> have owners and passwords depending on the type. A Windows partition is 
>>> not password anything :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>> I don't think either of you are making sense.
>>
>> Doug, if you are automounting a second drive, it's possible the drive is 
>>   mounted Read only.  An 'ls -l' output of the mounted drive would be 
>> /really/ helpful here.
>>
>> There are a couple of reasons this could be.
>>
>> One, the drive is now unformatted, meaning no partitions or filesystems 
>> on it.  That of course would mean it wouldn't mount at all, but it's 
>> worth mentioning.
>>
>> Two, /if/ the drive has windows on it (I couldn't find the rest of this 
>> thread so I don't have a clue if the subject line is accurate or not) 
>> then it's probably an NTFS partition.  I don't know if Ubuntu ships with 
>> ntfs-3g by default, but I know the ntfs driver I still use is Read-only. 
>>   That would explain the fact that it mounts but there are no 
>> 'permissions' on it.  It's only readable.
>>
>> If ntfs-3g does come default in ubuntu, you can probably mount the 
>> partition as RW by editing /etc/fstab.  Can you post that for us as well?
>>
>> However, I don't recommend mounting NTFS as RW even with ntfs-3g.  MS is 
>> notorious for altering NTFS in tiny ways even across Service Packs and 
>> makes life interesting when trying to write from linux.
>>
>> If the drive doesn't have anything critical on it, I would just fdisk it 
>> and format it with a linux filesystem (ext3 is a good one for general use).
>>
>> Please, post the additional info and let us look at it to help you out.
>>
>>
>>   
>     Guys STOP!!! You never ever mount a hard drive. You mount a 
> PARTITION on a hard drive using /etc/fstab or mount -t ext3 ext.
> 
>     Now get it in your heads that it is a partition you mount.
> 
> Karl
> 
> 

You know, I've been doing this a LONG time.  I've forgotten more about 
computers than you'll probably ever know.  So let me say this loud and 
clear:

WE KNOW THAT.  We're not idiots.  However, 99 times out of 100 the 
partition encompasses the entire drive, therefore, it's safe to say 
'mounting the drive'.  That, by default means the partition spans the 
entire drive.

Picking nits like this does nothing but take up bandwidth.  It is 
UNDERSTOOD that you mount the partition.

Please, I implore you.  Stop with the inane, asinine and just plain 
pointless remarks.  If you've got nothing to ADD to the conversation, 
then don't add anything at all.  I would most of us on this list are 
rather sick of correcting you time and again.

Or, in this case, just telling you to shut up.  I hate being such a rude 
person, but get a grip man.  This thread was over had you paid 
attention, Doug got the DRIVE mounted before you even sent this message.

Unless and until you have anything relevant to add to the list I'm 
filtering all messages from you.  As far as I can tell that will save a 
ton of wasted bandwidth.

I really try to help people, but some people REFUSE to be helped.



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