[elrepo] [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

Ron Loftin reloftin at twcny.rr.com
Sun Nov 1 23:15:32 EST 2009


On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 18:19 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Ron Loftin <reloftin at twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > This message is re-posted from the CentOS mail list, since it contains the
> > best description I've managed of my situation.  As far as Akemi and I can tell,
> > this SHOULD be working.
> 
> The original thread on the CentOS mailing list starts here:
> 
> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-November/084896.html
> 
> One possibility is that the ntfs module was built with the 'write'
> mode disabled.  I'm not sure if I tested the module with respect to
> writing to the NTFS partition.
> 

Well, when you're checking into this, I suggest that, if possible, you
have the output of the "mount" command indicate the RW/RO status
correctly.  That is at the least misleading, when "mount" claims RW
capability, while the module is in read-only mode.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

> Akemi
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