IIRC as of kernel 2.6 NTFS (the default kernel for Suse 9.1) write should be enabled by default having been finally rated as stable. I can't swear for certain whether Suse have chosen to enable that by default though, my Suse box has been RMA'd so I can't take a peek. It may be that Paul will need to re-compile the Suse Kernel to enable him to use the drive. On 17 Jul 2004 at 13:36, Tony Whitmore wrote: Paul Taylor wrote:

HI Chris and Thomas:

I had to go out so abandoned the project for a while. According to the suse hardware tool the drive is HPFS/NTFS and mounted as: /dev/sdb1 /media/usb-storage-Y33T7NYE:0:0:0p1 With Knoppix I could write a test.txt file to it and create a directory easily enough, although it wouldn't allow me to copy directories, now back in SuSE I can't write to it or remove the directory. I can see it though. With the mount comand Thomas:

krell4:~ # mount -o gid=$GID,uid=$UID,defaults /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, or too many mounted file systems

The problem is that there is already some windows rap (with a silent c) on the drive from school that I can't get rid of as they need ti. If I could format it I would be fine. Perhaps I should quite and look for another option for the soon to be lost weekend?

NTFS write supprot is still judged experimental under Linux - the kernel supports read-only by default, for example. It is likely that SUSE only has read-only support availablem, whilst Knoppix being a "recovery CD" has the experimental support for NTFS writing. I'm not sure how you'd go about getting that functionality under SUSE, sorry. HTH, Tony -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com ----- Paul Graydon Network Technician Haywards Heath Sixth Form College http://www.hhc.ac.uk (01444) 456281 In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)