[arch-general] /etc/fstab :no ext. hdd

[Gregory T Helton]

I think this should work

/dev/sdc1 /media/externalhd ntfs-3g users,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002 0 0

This will mount the drive at boot, allow users to mount/umount, user id 1000/grp id 100
will own everything on the drive, and files will have the permission 664, directories 775.

This does require that you have ntfs-3g installed, and set to SUID root (chmod u+s /bin/ntfs-3g)

More info: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS_Write_Support

Good luck. :)

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:07:16 -0700
"Preston C." <gprestonc at gmail.com> wrote:

> > No problem :)
> >
> > You also have the HAL method, which can be handy if you
> > remove/attach the drive often. But if the drive is attached all or
> > most of the time, good ol' fstab is the easiest and most
> > reliable. ;)
> 
> The drive hasn't been unplugged since I got it. Do I need to install
> ntfs-3g, before adding the line into fstab?
> 
> Can you tell me which one, if any, of these lines would work:
> /dev/sdc1 /media/exterhalhd   ntfs    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
> /dev/sdc1 /media/exterhalhd   ntfs    ro,user,auto,unhide   0      0
> /dev/sdc1 /media/exterhalhd   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
> /dev/sdc1 /media/exterhalhd   ntfs    ro,user,auto,unhide   0      0
> 
> Will any of those lines work? I do not really understand whether to
> put auto or ntfs- for type, and about the options, as you can probably
> tell, :-). I read up on it, just not sure.
> 
> Thanks.
>