Problem using NTFS partitions

hi guys, i am using arch linux, with kdemod.
i have two HDD
1. sda 80GB UATA
sda1 20GB / ext3
sda2 2GB swap
sda3 58GB /home ext3
2. sdb 250GB SATA
10 NTFS partitions
i can see the NTFS partitions in system:/media but i cannot access them
if i login as root and click on the partitions in system:/media, i get the message, TODO: have to rethink options
if i login as normal user and click on the partition in system:/media, i get this message,
A security policy in place prevents this sender from sending this message to this recipient, see message bus configuration file (rejected message had interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member "Mount" error name "(unset)" destination "org.freedesktop.Hal")
so, how do i access my NTFS partitions?

thanks a ton!
its working great.

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Problem accessing mounted ntfs partitions

Hi,
I have problems accessing ntfs partitions as a non root user. The user trying to acces the partition is in usergroup wheel and has sudo acces.
/etc/fstab looks like this:
/dev/sda5 /media/winC ntfs defaults 0 2
/dev/sdb1 /media/winD ntfs defaults 0 2
It does not matter where I mount them (e.g. /home/user/media/winC), if i try cd-ing into the directory, it tells me:
cd /medi/winC
-bash: cd: /media/winC: Permission denied
When i try the following, it tells me:
sudo cd /medi/winC
sudo: cd: command not found
which I find a bit strange, but ok.
Any pointers what I am doing wrong? cd-ing as root works, but i would like to acces it as a normal user too. Using the following options did not work for me:
rw,suid,dev,exec,auto,users,async
mount -l tells me the following when using the options stated above:
/dev/sda5 on /media/winC type ntfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=0,gid=0,fmask=0177,dmask=077,nls=utf8,errors=continue,mtf_zone_multiplier=1)
Thanks for any pointers!

Trilby wrote:
You should use ntfs-3g instead of ntfs. I'm not sure if that will solve this problem, though it might, but it will prevent others.
As for "sudo cp" failing, that is not odd at all: `cd` is not a program, it is a shell builtin - there is no `cd` binary for sudo to execute.
Thanks for the explanation. I will try ntfs-3g as soon as I manage to connect to the internet again.

[SOLVED] SystemD NTFS partition issue's

Hey archers,
hope someone here can help me
recently began testing systemd & I am facing a problem where I have to ctrl+d or give root password during every boot up due to systemd having problems with my ntfs partition ( i mount at boot as I have symlinks to that partition for documents & programs which run in wine)
I have not enabled anything to do with mounting or even added the fuse module to load as it has already picked that up!
here are the entries I think are related to this from journalctl:
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x ntfs-3g[568]: Version 2012.1.15 external FUSE 29
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x ntfs-3g[568]: Mounted /dev/sdb1 (Read-Write, label "Win7-sys", NTFS 3.1)
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x ntfs-3g[568]: Cmdline options: rw,noatime,sync,gid=100,umask=002
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x ntfs-3g[568]: Mount options: rw,sync,allow_other,nonempty,noatime,fsname=/dev/sdb1,blkdev,blksize=4096,default_permissions
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x ntfs-3g[568]: Global ownership and permissions enforced, configuration type 7
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x ntfs-3g[568]: Warning : using problematic uid==0 and gid!=0
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x mount[572]: Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x mount[572]: The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x mount[572]: could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: media-Win7.mount mount process exited, code=exited status=16
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job local-fs.target/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies of local-fs.target.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job systemd-user-sessions.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job lightdm.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job graphical.target/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job multi-user.target/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job systemd-logind.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job dbus.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job [email protected]/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job hwclock.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job syslog-ng.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job network.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job cronie.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job snmpd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job samba.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job webmin.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd[1]: Job systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd-journal[181]: Journal stopped
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd-journal[584]: Journal started
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x ntfs-3g[568]: Unmounting /dev/sdb1 (Win7-sys)
Aug 29 07:57:37 b0x systemd-udevd[224]: '/usr/sbin/alsactl restore 0' [500] terminated by signal 15 (Terminated)
Aug 29 07:57:38 b0x systemd[1]: Startup finished in 3s 111ms 648us (kernel) + 6s 425ms 155us (userspace) = 9s 536ms 803us.
Aug 29 07:57:38 b0x systemd[582]: Failed at step EXEC spawning /bin/plymouth: No such file or directory
Aug 29 07:58:25 b0x systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit avani-dnsconfd.service, ignoring: Unit avani-dnsconfd.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system lo...e' for details.
Aug 29 07:58:25 b0x systemd[1]: Socket service syslog.service not loaded, refusing.
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x arch-modules-load[609]: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/run/modules-load.d’: File exists
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x systemd-modules-load[706]: Module 'vhba' is already loaded
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x systemd-modules-load[706]: Module 'fuse' is already loaded
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x systemd-fsck[646]: public: clean, 385878/2039808 files, 5060668/8159011 blocks
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x systemd-fsck[653]: VM: clean, 228/5677056 files, 5637221/22680575 blocks
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x systemd-fsck[644]: Home: clean, 90204/1327104 files, 984778/5305458 blocks
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x ntfs-3g[871]: Version 2012.1.15 external FUSE 29
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x ntfs-3g[871]: Mounted /dev/sdb1 (Read-Write, label "Win7-sys", NTFS 3.1)
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x ntfs-3g[871]: Cmdline options: rw,gid=100,fmask=113,dmask=002
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x ntfs-3g[871]: Mount options: rw,allow_other,nonempty,relatime,fsname=/dev/sdb1,blkdev,blksize=4096,default_permissions
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x ntfs-3g[871]: Global ownership and permissions enforced, configuration type 7
Aug 29 07:58:26 b0x ntfs-3g[871]: Warning : using problematic uid==0 and gid!=0
Here is the entry in /etc/fstab for this partition:
## Entry for /dev/sdb1 SYSTEM:(Win7)
UUID=44083B9668A3E0CC /media/Win7 ntfs-3g gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002 0 0
I have been all over goggle & am unable to find out anything which can help.
As stated before I have links to this partition & so really want/need this partition to be mounted at boot.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance
EDIT #1
rebooted again, still the same happening
ran:
$ sudo mount -l
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
dev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=3022708k,nr_inodes=755677,mode=755)
run on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755)
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) [Arch-sys]
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime)
/dev/sdb3 on /media/wine type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [wine] <<<THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE!<<<<<<<<<
/dev/sdd1 on /media/spare2 type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [spare2] <<<THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE!<<<<<<<<<<
/dev/sdc1 on /media/spare type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [spare] <<<THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE!<<<<<<<<<<<
/dev/sde1 on /media/USB-HDD2 type vfat (rw,noatime,sync,gid=100,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) [USB-HDD2] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb4 on /media/pac type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [pac] <<<THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE!
/dev/sdd1 on /media/Spare2 type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [spare2] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdc1 on /media/Spare type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [spare] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb2 on /media/VM type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [VM] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb3 on /var/wine type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [wine] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb4 on /var/cache/pacman type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [pac] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb1 on /media/Win7 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096) [Win7-sys] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sda3 on /public type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [public] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sda5 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [Home] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /root/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0)
as you can see my partitions are being mounted TWICE which is not what I want or expected!
is there more documentation on what systemd does with mounts that could explain why i have multiple mount points for partitions or is this due to systemd discovering my partitions & mounting them at points based on label names & then parsing my FSTAB as well!
I have read the wikki but there is very small info there & the links have not provided an explanation for this unwanted behaviour
EDIT #2
>>>>>>>>>>>SOLVED<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
not an NTFS or FUSE issue
I had previously installed mnttools!
removed & now all is well
sorry
Last edited by t0m5k1 (2012-08-29 08:30:11)

OK,
After being spurred on to try to do this thing properly, this is what I came up with today.
My fstab line (for a USB NTFS disk):
/dev/sdb1 /media/samsung ntfs-3g noauto,users,rw,nodev 0 0
Then I created the /media/samsung folder and gave the audio group read/write permissions.
It seems that non-root users can only mount an ntfs partition if they use a version of ntfs-3g with fuse included, so I replaced ntfs-3g with the version from AUR, having removed from the PKGBUILD file the option "-with-fuse=external" (see this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44844 ). I also had to set
the ntfs-3g binary to setuid-root, dealt with here: http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g … privileged (note- the instructions say this is discouraged, but it seems using ntfs partitions in linux requires some compromises).
I can now mount the drive as an ordinary user.
Then I set mpd back to run as user mpd, checked the audio group had access to all the mpd folders, and all was well.
One hiccup which you might not have: mpd was unable to access my (external) sound card at first. To solve this one, I used
chmod 770 /dev/snd -R && chgrp audio /dev/snd -R
As far as I can remember, that's everything.
Last edited by Henry Flower (2010-04-20 12:54:26)

Problems With iPhoto on NTFS Partition...HELP!

So, I backed up all my PhotoStream before iCloud removed my complimentary storage. I backed it up to my iPhoto library I placed on my NTFS partition of my external hard drive. Everything looked great. I could access all my photos. Next day, the file names are there but no thumbnails. I have tried all the options for recovery within iPhoto and have tried some of the third party software. Could it be an issue with iPhoto not playing well with an NTFS formatted partition?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have some important photos I'd really like to access.
Thanks!

The iPhoto library MUST be on a partition that is formatted OS X Extended (journaled) in order to work properly. When placed on a server like you did the integrity of the library's structure, permissions, etc. is compromised and you get exactly what you're experiencing.
You'll need to move the library to a partition/external HD formatted as I described and then run it from there. You may have to repair the library after that as follows:
apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
2 - run Option #4 to rebuild the database.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button and select the library you want to add in the selection window..
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
BOTTOM LINE: the library must be moved off of the NTFS partition to an OS X Extended (journaled) partition with ownership set to be ignored:
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Requirements:
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- http://www.sysresccd.org/Download
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XP CD -> you may need to go to the administrative shell and type fixboot and then fixmbr.
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Message was edited by: SidOnline

One bug I learnt:
if
1. you set the 'boot' flag on the Windows partition in gparted AND
2. you use gptsync to sync the GPT with the MBR (i.e. MBR->GPT translation)
then
you will find that your Windows partition becomes inaccessible in OS X. Your partition is OK - you can boot in windows etc - OS X just doesn't see it as a NTFS partition.
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1. Don't enable the boot flag in gparted. Simple, no need to read further.
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I use ivman/pmount to auto-mount removable devices,
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[SOLVED] Shared Firefox Profile on ntfs partition "in use"

After failing to install arch on an ancient computer a year ago, I've successfully installed arch with lightdm and openbox on my current desktop.
Everything works fine except for the firefox profile I share across my partitions. When I run firefox -p and try to use the profile, I get a message that Firefox cannot use the profile because it is in use, even though I've checked that firefox is not running.
I am aware that using openbox without a DE means other partitions aren't auto mounted in filemanagers (I'm using xfe), and I edited the /etc/fstab to mount the ntfs partition:
# /dev/sdb2 LABEL=Data
UUID=(the UUID is correct, I checked) /media/user/Data ntfs rw,auto,user,exec,suid,async,dev,umask=000 0 0
The drive now auto mounts without needing root, but I cannot create new folders even as root (Operation not permitted). Perhaps I've forgotten an option in the fstab?
Last edited by :hovercraft (2014-02-08 00:26:44)

Thanks! That worked perfectly!
I installed ntfs-3g and changed the fstab to the default on that page, and now firefox loads exactly like in my other partitions.

Unable to erase windows ntfs partition thru mac using disk utility

i connected my desktop hard disk to my mac. i am not able to delete any files from the Windows NTFS partition. in disk utility the erase option is greyed out.
please help.
thanks.

NTFS is a read-only filesystem to OS X. You can read and copy files from an NTFS formatted drive but you cannot write to one.

Problem exchanging partitions using range partitioning

I have a range-partitioned table. Here's a cut down version....
CREATE TABLE MY_TABLE
   (     VALUE           NUMBER,
     PARTITION_KEY      NUMBER
PARTITION BY RANGE ("PARTITION_KEY")
(PARTITION "P1" VALUES LESS THAN (2),
PARTITION "P2" VALUES LESS THAN (3),
PARTITION "P3" VALUES LESS THAN (4),
PARTITION "P4" VALUES LESS THAN (5),
PARTITION "P5" VALUES LESS THAN (6),
PARTITION "P6" VALUES LESS THAN (7),
PARTITION "P7" VALUES LESS THAN (8));For the process I'm working on, I want to be able to:
- create a table as a copy of one of the partitions
- do some processing on that table
- exchange the updated table back into the partitioned table
I can achieve this as follows....
CREATE TABLE MY_TABLE_COPY_P7 AS (SELECT * FROM MY_TABLE WHERE PARTITION_KEY = 7);
... do processing ...
ALTER TABLE MY_TABLE DROP PARTITION P7;
ALTER TABLE MY_TABLE ADD PARTITION P7 VALUES LESS THAN (8);
ALTER TABLE MY_TABLE EXCHANGE PARTITION P7 WITH TABLE MY_TABLE_COPY INCLUDING INDEXES;However, this only works if the partition I'm adding back in is the highest partition.
If I try do take out one of the middle partitions, then add it back I get an error:
SQL] ALTER TABLE MY_TABLE ADD PARTITION P5 VALUES LESS THAN (6);
ALTER TABLE MY_TABLE ADD PARTITION P5 VALUES LESS THAN (6)
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-14074: partition bound must collate higher than that of the last partitionAny ideas on how I can exchange one of the middle partitions with having to first drop the higher ones?
Btw, I have to use range partitioning as we're using spatial, which only supports range partitioning.
Cheers,

Actually, you can do the exchange partition thing with 8i and over. After creating my_table from your script, I did:
SQL> INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (1,7.5);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (2, 7.2);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (3,7.7);
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SQL> CREATE TABLE my_tab_tmp AS
2 SELECT * FROM my_table
3 WHERE 1=2;
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SQL> SELECT * FROM my_tab_tmp;
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         2           7.2
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no rows selected
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2 set value = value * 20;
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SQL> COMMIT;
Commit complete.
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SQL> SELECT * FROM my_tab_tmp;
no rows selected
SQL> SELECT * FROM my_table;
     VALUE PARTITION_KEY
        20           7.5
        40           7.2
        60           7.7You will, of course, need to re-build any global indexes on my_table.
When you first create my_tab_tmp, you should also create indexes to match any local indexes on the partitions, then do the exchange partition using the INCLUDING INDEXES clause. You could also skip creating the indexes and then re-create them after exchanging the updated table with the partition.
Note that none of this will work if you are changing values of partition_key so thatthey fall out of the range for the partition.
HTH
John

Deleted ntfs partition accidentally using cfdisk, how to restor SOLVED

Hello, please help me with my major prob...I was installing arch that time and I was on the cfdisk to format partitions, unnoticably I had deleted the ntfs partitions on my sata 160gb and replaced them with linux partitions. Is there any means of restoring the files of the ntfs partitions? Please I need your help. THanks
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Last edited by SkonesMickLoud (2008-10-07 06:51:29)

How do I create a Boot Camp partition with Windows & blank NTFS partitions?

I'm trying to create this kind of setup:
OS X partition
Windows 7 partition
blank NTFS partition (no OS)
blank NTFS partition (no OS)
This would be much easier if I created just the OS X partition and the Windows 7 partition with the Boot Camp Assistant tool (done this many times before successfully on other computers). The problem begins when I try to split the Boot Camp partition through the Windows 7 DVD partition manager during setup by deleting the Boot Camp partition, and recreating three partitions from the unallocated space. After installing Windows 7 on one of those new three partitions, I'm getting all kinds of startup errors when I try to install the Boot Camp drivers.
What would the best way to achieve this setup?

Yes, I researched many options for three partition dual boot set ups. After many trials and tribulations, there is a simple method that I have used on multiple MBPs.
1. Run Boot Camp Assistant, as per the Boot Camp Installation and Setup Guide. Once you have Mac OS X and Windows 7 set up, check the partitions and back them up (with Time Machine, and Winclone).
2. Get iPartition, and resize the Mac and Windows partitions to what you want, say 100GB each, and set up your other partitions to the size you want. I put mine "after" the Windows partition, at the end of the disk, and have had no problems. It takes a few minutes to create the bootable CD for iPartition, but you get everything you need to do so from Coriolis Systems. You will need your Mac OS X installl disc.
3. Install Paragon's HFS+ for Windows and NTFS for Mac, and everybody can read and write everything.
4. I have both Time Machine and Norton 360 back up the Data partitions, just in case -- to an external drive, of course.
You can boot to either OS and access any partition.

File problem on ntfs

hi,
I have a problem with OSX which hang a file on ntfs. I used ntfs support in rw and wanted to change the name. After that the file has specials rights -rwxr-xr-x@ and appears grayed like the .DS_Store file or the RECYCLER.
It's a pdf file and when I want to open it OSX said a process use the file.
I try to erase the .DS_Store on my ntfs partition but no happens.
Can anybody help me ?

Your initcpio hook appears to mount the ntfs partition: what do you have in /etc/fstab, and you have this ntfs hook added before the regular filesystems and after the hook for the sata hook?

I am unable to mount my NTFS partition after the last update

I usually mounted my NTFS partition with the "gnome-disk" utility. It works no longer, only if I start it with "sudo". But in this case the mount point will be in a directory called "root" and this cause several problems, eg.: old hardcoded paths stop working in scripts. What can I do to make the gnome-disk utility work as an ordinary user.

Thx, maybe I could use the fstab to mount the partition, am I right? But I don't know how to do it properly, because when I tried it in the past native hungarian characters iny the file and directory names always caused problems. If I somehow could capture the command sequence which the gnome-disk utility passes to the kernel / bash, would be helpful.

Renaming files with invalid characters in their names on NTFS partitions, introduced by operating systems other than Windows

Essentially, Linux created some files with colons (:) in the name on a NTFS partition where I have Windows installed. I have since uninstalled Linux, but now I can only view these files in Windows Explorer. I can't open them, I can't even rename them to
correct the problem. It's as if they don't exist, because of the invalid search paths.
If I try to rename them in Windows Explorer I get following message.
The file name you specified is no valid or too long.
Specify a different file name.
Well isnt' that something?... isn't that nice? Windows is able to display these files, but it doesn't allow me to open them and it certainly doesn't like me to rename them. So why is it whining about it then, when I'm trying to help? It says "try a different
file name". Yeah, right! Like I haven't tried that one already! It doesn't matter what file name I input it will never accept it.
So what am I supposed to do now? Ditch Windows and go back to Linux? Surely, Microsoft doesn't like the sound of that. Sure, I could reinstall Linux or run a Linux live system to correct the problem. But what good is Windows then? I might as well switch to
Linux altogether.
After doing some research I now know by fact that it's (kind of) possible to rename files from UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems to those compliant with Windows by using something called file name character translation. To some level this is essential and
necessary for Windows interoperability with other operating systems (Windows is not the only operating system in the world). But this seems to be very complicated and I can't get my head around it. My brain is in overload. I don't know where to start.
Once there was a...
There's the Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5. The first two versions were based on MKS Toolkit, a package licensed by Microsoft from MKS Inc. The later versions were based on the similar Interix product, after Microsoft purchased the company
that made it.
Then there's the new Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA). These are services for UNIX components. They are supposed to have Client for NFS v3 included as well. But the server components from the SFU line is missing (e.g. Server for NFS). These are included
in Server editions of Windows.
Then there's the Microsoft Knowledge Base article
289627: "How to Enable File Name Character Translation". This article seems to describe exactly my situation.
Windows and UNIX operating systems have restrictions on valid characters that can be used in a file name. The list of illegal characters for each operating system, however, is different. For example, a UNIX file name can use a colon (:), but a Windows
file name cannot use a colon (:). If a UNIX user attempts to create a file with a Windows illegal character on a Windows Services for UNIX network file system (NFS) share, the attempt is unsuccessful and the UNIX client computer receives an input or output
error.
It goes further than that. At first glance, this KB article also seems to offer a solution to this exact problem, with examples as shown below.
For example, the following maps the UNIX colon (:) to a Windows dash (-):
0x3a : 0x2d ; replace client : with - on server
I checked these values in charmap.exe and they are correct. Except for 2D not being a "dash", it's rather a hyphen ("hyphen minus" to be exact), but these two have pretty much the same appearance and they get interchanged a lot, I'm sure
they are used to it by now. (Yes, the characters! They don't mind.)
Then there's this registry key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Server For NFS\CurrentVersion\Mapping
Well, of course, I don't have Server for NFS. So this is a dead end. Well, actually, it was a dead end from the beginning...
1. First of all, I'm not working with a network share on a NAS or SAN storage. The files are on the local disk drive where Windows is installed, so that's a DAS for you.
2. I don't have SFU! Well obviously, I'm on Windows Vista! So that means SUA!
3. SUA are service components only. No server components. Can you guess what that means? Yeah... no "Server for NFS" since it's a server component.
4. Windows Vista is a client side operating system! Server for NFS is only offered for use with Windows Server systems.
5. Back to square one!
So there you have it. They all lived happy for the rest of their lives...
I'm stuck here. Can someone tell me what to do? I mean beyond the obvious option to use Linux to fixa a Windows problem? The NTFS file system itself supports colons in file names. It's Windows that doesn't, and so by default it proclaims it invalid character.
Surely, even a Windows client operating system like Windows Vista should be able to allow the user to at least rename files with invalid characters to something more sensible (from the system point of view) and valid, if not being able to open them as they
are. Just add some crazy voodoo code to it and it will work. If you can make it possible on Windows Server with UNIX user-mode subsystem on NT kernel, then what's stopping you from giving the Windows client system the same benefit?
So what now? Purchase a Windows Server 2012 R2 license, copy my invalid files to a NAS share with NFS on a UNIX or Linux system, and have a go at the Windows registry and Server for NFS? Yeah... you're right, it's probably a bit over the top...
On a second thought... I might as well install Linux again. There are countless situations where Linux has helped me solve problems related to, and more often than not caused by Windows.

Essentially, Linux created some files with colons (:) in the name on a NTFS partition where I have Windows installed. I have since uninstalled Linux, but now I can only view these files in Windows Explorer. I can't open them, I can't even rename them to
correct the problem. It's as if they don't exist, because of the invalid search paths.
If I try to rename them in Windows Explorer I get following message.
The file name you specified is no valid or too long.
Specify a different file name.
Well isnt' that something?... isn't that nice? Windows is able to display these files, but it doesn't allow me to open them and it certainly doesn't like me to rename them. So why is it whining about it then, when I'm trying to help? It says "try a different
file name". Yeah, right! Like I haven't tried that one already! It doesn't matter what file name I input it will never accept it.
So what am I supposed to do now? Ditch Windows and go back to Linux? Surely, Microsoft doesn't like the sound of that. Sure, I could reinstall Linux or run a Linux live system to correct the problem. But what good is Windows then? I might as well switch to
Linux altogether.
After doing some research I now know by fact that it's (kind of) possible to rename files from UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems to those compliant with Windows by using something called file name character translation. To some level this is essential and
necessary for Windows interoperability with other operating systems (Windows is not the only operating system in the world). But this seems to be very complicated and I can't get my head around it. My brain is in overload. I don't know where to start.
Once there was a...
There's the Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5. The first two versions were based on MKS Toolkit, a package licensed by Microsoft from MKS Inc. The later versions were based on the similar Interix product, after Microsoft purchased the company
that made it.
Then there's the new Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA). These are services for UNIX components. They are supposed to have Client for NFS v3 included as well. But the server components from the SFU line is missing (e.g. Server for NFS). These are included
in Server editions of Windows.
Then there's the Microsoft Knowledge Base article
289627: "How to Enable File Name Character Translation". This article seems to describe exactly my situation.
Windows and UNIX operating systems have restrictions on valid characters that can be used in a file name. The list of illegal characters for each operating system, however, is different. For example, a UNIX file name can use a colon (:), but a Windows
file name cannot use a colon (:). If a UNIX user attempts to create a file with a Windows illegal character on a Windows Services for UNIX network file system (NFS) share, the attempt is unsuccessful and the UNIX client computer receives an input or output
error.
It goes further than that. At first glance, this KB article also seems to offer a solution to this exact problem, with examples as shown below.
For example, the following maps the UNIX colon (:) to a Windows dash (-):
0x3a : 0x2d ; replace client : with - on server
I checked these values in charmap.exe and they are correct. Except for 2D not being a "dash", it's rather a hyphen ("hyphen minus" to be exact), but these two have pretty much the same appearance and they get interchanged a lot, I'm sure
they are used to it by now. (Yes, the characters! They don't mind.)
Then there's this registry key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Server For NFS\CurrentVersion\Mapping
Well, of course, I don't have Server for NFS. So this is a dead end. Well, actually, it was a dead end from the beginning...
1. First of all, I'm not working with a network share on a NAS or SAN storage. The files are on the local disk drive where Windows is installed, so that's a DAS for you.
2. I don't have SFU! Well obviously, I'm on Windows Vista! So that means SUA!
3. SUA are service components only. No server components. Can you guess what that means? Yeah... no "Server for NFS" since it's a server component.
4. Windows Vista is a client side operating system! Server for NFS is only offered for use with Windows Server systems.
5. Back to square one!
So there you have it. They all lived happy for the rest of their lives...
I'm stuck here. Can someone tell me what to do? I mean beyond the obvious option to use Linux to fixa a Windows problem? The NTFS file system itself supports colons in file names. It's Windows that doesn't, and so by default it proclaims it invalid character.
Surely, even a Windows client operating system like Windows Vista should be able to allow the user to at least rename files with invalid characters to something more sensible (from the system point of view) and valid, if not being able to open them as they
are. Just add some crazy voodoo code to it and it will work. If you can make it possible on Windows Server with UNIX user-mode subsystem on NT kernel, then what's stopping you from giving the Windows client system the same benefit?
So what now? Purchase a Windows Server 2012 R2 license, copy my invalid files to a NAS share with NFS on a UNIX or Linux system, and have a go at the Windows registry and Server for NFS? Yeah... you're right, it's probably a bit over the top...
On a second thought... I might as well install Linux again. There are countless situations where Linux has helped me solve problems related to, and more often than not caused by Windows.

No option to make an NTFS partition

Hello
I try to install Windows XP 32bits SP3 with Bootcamp, but when i get to select partition and i select BOOTCAMP FAT32 partition on 32GB my windows just starts to install. i do not get the option to do an format of disc to NTFS. Windows just starts to install and when my mac reboots all i get is Disc Error and i have to boot back to MAC OS.
Did anyone else have this problem before or?
Tnx to all that replays

It is a bad version of XP if it doesn't stop and ask, that does happen. Heck, some are so bad they wipe out the whole hard drive and use the entire Mac HD partition.
PS: don't ever use Disk Utility to create a partition for Windows XP, it doesn't work and not sure where you came up with that idea. Only Boot Camp Assistant works with XP and where installing Windows on same drive as Mac OS.
The BOOTCAMP partition is MSDOS/FAT32 and a 'proper' Windows installer will give you option to choose where target volume, click on ADVANCED OPTIONS to format or delete and create NTFS partition.

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