Changelog: PA1 06/24/08 soundcheck
For music stored on NTFS Windows partitions a NTFS mount needs to be established.
NTFS mount setup:
Under Hardy the required package "ntfs-3g" is already installed.
You need to create a mount-point first. Your Windows partition will
be accessible via this path/mount-point.
Below config is assuming that your Windows sits on /dev/sda1 (1st partition of HDD), otherwise change partition and mount point number accordingly:
$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
$ sudo mkdir /media/sda1
$ sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
To make it writeable
$ sudo nfts-config
Select local writable tag.
That's it.
To make the mount permanent at boot-up type following commands:
$ sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
$ sudo gnome-terminal
In the new "root"-terminal type below command:
NOTE: change partition number and mount point according to your partition number in below command
$ sudo echo "/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
Check with:
$ less /etc/fstab
if string "/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0" is existing at the bottom of the file.
If something went wrong restore backup file with
$ sudo cp /etc/fstab.bak /etc/fstab
before you run a reboot.
Option:
To get a shortcut to your music-library you can set a symbolic link into your home-directory - below example link is called "music".
$ cd
$ sudo ln -s /media/sda1/<path-to-your-music-dir> music
$ cd music
That's it. Now you can access your music-library via this link on a permanent basis.
Enjoy.
