enable write NTFS support on Feisty Fawn
August 22nd, 2007
This is how to enable write NTFS support on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). It is very easy to do in this version. At the command line type the following:
When everything is installed, go to: Applications → System Tools → NTFS Configuration Tool.
Make sure to enable write support for both internal and external devices, and click Ok. Your NTFS file systems should be automatically re-mounted with write enabled by now.
giannis@giannis-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
Password: *******
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
fuse-utils libfuse2 libntfs-3g0 ntfs-3g
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fuse-utils libfuse2 libntfs-3g0 ntfs-3g ntfs-config
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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After unpacking 1159kB of additional disk space will be used.
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. . .When everything is installed, go to: Applications → System Tools → NTFS Configuration Tool.
Make sure to enable write support for both internal and external devices, and click Ok. Your NTFS file systems should be automatically re-mounted with write enabled by now.