hdd problem

Discussion in 'Storage' started by tsftsf, Sep 27, 2008.

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    tsftsf

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    Hi all,

    I recently purchased a acer aspire one linux version & it's working fine. The system by default has a 8 GB HDD & 512 MB Ram.

    I tried to attach a 160 GB HDD so that i can increse my hdd space whenever i want to access data.

    As i attached the hdd to my usb ports i got an error "Failt to Mount NTFS". Does this mean that linux will not support my external HDD.

    Can anyone help in this case?

    Please

    regards,
    thaddeus fernandes

    [email protected]
     
    tsftsf, Sep 27, 2008
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    cpchan

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    Install and use ntfs-3g from the Fedora repository. If you need help after that, post again.
     
    cpchan, Sep 27, 2008
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    gamiotis

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    and how i find the ntfs-3g and how i install?
     
    gamiotis, Oct 24, 2008
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    davexz

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    An easy way is to simply reformat your HDD to FAT32. I ran into the same problem with an external 40GB that had been formatted to NTSF, which did not work, but worked when formatted FAT32.
     
    davexz, Oct 24, 2008
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    In a terminal do:

    sudo yum install ntfs-3g

    That should do it.

    Cheers.
     
    rbil, Oct 24, 2008
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    rbil's suggestion for using ntfs-3g is a much better idea. While FAT32 has wider support, NTFS has a number of advantages. Among others, FAT32 won't support files larger than about 2GB.
     
    MrNiceguy, Oct 30, 2008
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    If I buy a external laptop harddrive and convert it to NTFS-3g will it work if I connect it to my XP pc still?
     
    Yosser_UK, Oct 30, 2008
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    Rhodan

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    Why not just format it to a native linux type like ext3?
     
    Rhodan, Nov 16, 2008
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