http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4994/
There should be an easy way to mount the volume anyway, by giving the choice to the user to mount it anyway, or not to mount it. A clear dialog box should do the trick.

[497 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4994


]]> en-us Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:11:59 +0000 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:01:46 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4994/
# /dev/sda1
UUID=CAD851F2D851DCEF /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46,errors=remount-ro 0 1

But it didn't work]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:34:56 +0000 I will only mount the volumes once Windows has checked the filesystem (chkdsk), then mounted them once.

This is done as a safety measure to prevent data loss dues to incorrect filesystem structure.]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:11:14 +0000 If ubuntu detects that the filesystem is "unclean", it should say: "There is a problem is the filesystem! it is unsafe to mount, because data mey be lost! do you want ubuntu to correct the filesystem?" if clicked yes, then automatically run some script/program to "repair" the filesystem and mount it...]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:24:54 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:17:52 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:43:10 +0000 It would sometimes even help just to be able to read the directories on the Windows partitions to check file names and versions.
I support the suggestion (READ-ONLY).]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:51:45 +0000 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:27:20 +0000 you should NOT EVER hibernate one OS and then start another one. hibernation can leave the file system in an unclean state (since it just dumps RAM to disk, which may include cached writes that haven't been committed yet). That's why you can't mount your NTFS volumes, and it's really for your own protection.

Actually a can mount. An I mount my ntfs volumes as read-only. It's just annoying to do this manually.]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:05:26 +0000 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:20:30 +0000
@K-Man,blindvic: Read only may be safe (I don't know for sure), but it can still leave files in a state that the users won't expect them to be in. ie, edit a file in windows, hibernate, open file in linux, wonder why your changes weren't saved, restart to windows, wonder why the changes ARE there. I'm not sure this is good default behaviour, it's better not to mount these partitions by default in any way.]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:16:15 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:08:16 +0000
@sf_007: I think the problem is that there is no such program for linux.]]> Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:48:52 +0000
however, in the case of a hibernated drive running a checkdisk on the filesystem could have catastrophic effects when going back into the OS that you hibernated from.

I'm not sure what's best to do here.]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:35:55 +0000 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:35:54 +0000 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:18:02 +0000
> you should NOT EVER hibernate one OS and then start another one. hibernation can leave the file system in an unclean state (since it just dumps RAM to disk, which may include cached writes that haven't been committed yet). That's why you can't mount your NTFS volumes, and it's really for your own protection.

First, my USB 500 GB drive is NTFS (I recently switched to Linux). I want to have the option, clickable rather than command line, to mount the drive. Whether this is unsafe or not is the user's business. If it is unsafe, warn them and then let them mount it. Otherwise, the system seems broken rather than protective.

-glass.dimly]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:52:50 +0000 External drivers and pendrives should have a "force" button in the dialog box. There's a fairly slim chance of a hybernation session beeing written on an external drive, is there?

I dont't like typing commands in a terminal when my freinds are waiting for me to copy some stuff on there drives ;-
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There is a corresponding bug on Launchpad: bug #175503.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/+bug/175503

Cheers,
Ronan]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:16:42 +0000
I've already reported it to be a duplicate of this one.

The difference is I offer a better solution, IMO.

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17020/]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:16:03 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:38:47 +0000