[email protected]$ mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 -o forceOr update the fstab file for permanent effect, open file
[email protected]$ sudo vim /etc/fstabYou will see something like the following:
1 # /etc/fstab: static file system information. 2 # 3 # -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config -- 4 # 5 # 6 7 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 8 # Entry for /dev/sda2 : 9 UUID=e4e1f54c-ca68-4a13-8657-782c0e86662f / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 10 # Entry for /dev/sda1 : 11 UUID=0A84C83C84C82BCF /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_AU.UTF-8 0 1 12 # Entry for /dev/sda3 : 13 UUID=05e93cca-26af-41f4-bc2a-08d0ea8a0f8f none swap sw 0 0 14 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0Add “force” to the options colomn:
UUID=0A84C83C84C82BCF /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_AU.UTF-8,force 0 1Now after you restart your system, the NTFS will be forcely mounted automatically. Solution 2 If you don’t like to do it manually, you can certainly use a GUI application to do the job for you, install ntfs-config:
[email protected]$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-configThe “NTFS Configuration Tool” will be installed under System menu, launch it and you will see [img=505] Check the options you would like and click “OK” All should work. Hope those helps.