Accessing Slave Drive

[imported_LoKe]

I've got a slave drive with my MP3's and important files on it, I can access it VIA windows, but I'd also like to access it while I'm in Linux. Would that be possible?

 

[Matthias99]

If it is formatted with FAT32, no problem at all.

If you used NTFS, it could be problematic. Getting Linux to play nice with NTFS can be a tad difficult, to say the least.

 

[imported_LoKe]

I'm just going to sume right off that it's NTFS, because I had been using it when I only had Windows. I'll log onto my Windows OS and check, just to be sure. If it is NTFS, what can you suggest I look up/read to get it working? Thanks!

 

[Matthias99]

I'm not a Linux expert, but you might start here. Perhaps someone with experience doing this will wander by.

Read-only NTFS seems to be doable with a custom build, but I'm not sure any kernels have fully functional NTFS read-write support at the moment.

 

[phisrow]

NTFS read should be cake on most modern distros; depending on which one you use, it might even be mounted automatically. NTFS write, on the other hand, isn't exactly a happening thing just yet. There exists, in the kernel, a limited write driver that is at least fairly safe; but it isn't good for much and the more powerful write drivers are all quite risky still. If you just want to play mp3s and open files and things, this won't be an issue. The drive will just be mounted readonly.

 

[imported_LoKe]

That'd be fine, yeah, just want access to my MP3's. 😉 I use Ubuntu 5.10

 

[phisrow]

Have a look at http://ubuntuguide.org/#mountunmountntfs . That is for the earlier version; but none of the steps related to mounting filesystems ought to have changed since.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Got it, thanks. 😉

Now I have to find the right packages to install to play my MP3's. I feel like I'm getting the hang of this, little by little.

 

[Wik]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Got it, thanks. 😉

Now I have to find the right packages to install to play my MP3's. I feel like I'm getting the hang of this, little by little.

sudo apt-get install xmms


A simple winamp clone is what I like the best.

 

[shelaby]

Originally posted by: Wik

Originally posted by: LoKe
Got it, thanks. 😉

Now I have to find the right packages to install to play my MP3's. I feel like I'm getting the hang of this, little by little.

sudo apt-get install xmms


A simple winamp clone is what I like the best.

thats what i use in FC4